Des chants de tristesse | Pareille au cœur qui longtemps

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by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Aus den Liedern der Trauer

(Sung text for setting by R. Strauss)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Dem Herzen ähnlich, wenn es lang
Umsonst nach einer Träne rang,
Die seine Qual entbinde,
Sprengt nun die Erde, die erstarrt
Von Reif und Frost gebunden ward,
Die eis'ge Winterrinde.

Durch Wald und Feld, um Berg und See
Sprießt wuchernd auf ihr altes Weh'
Und grünt in Zweig und Ranken
Und dunkelt in dem Himmelsblau
Und zittert in der Tropfen Tau,
Die an den Gräsern schwanken.

Nun, Gram um sie, die ich verlor,
Erstarrter, brich auch du hervor,
Um mit dem Strom zu fluten!
Brich hervor!
Im Blitz der Wolke sollst du glüh'n
Und mit den Nachtviolen blüh'n
Und mit den Rosen bluten.

Composition:

Richard Georg Strauss

Text Authorship:

by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Liebesgedichte und Lieder, in Lieder der Trauer, no. 4, first published 1866

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Dels cants de la tristor", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Uit de treurliederen", subtitle: "Zoals het hart doet", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Songs of sadness", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Des chants de tristesse", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Dai canti del dolore", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

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Des chants de tristesse

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Strauss)

See original

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Pareille au cœur qui longtemps
À lutté en vain contre les pleurs
Que ses tourments ont libérés,
La terre, qui était enserrée
Et figée par le givre et le gel,
Fait éclater la croûte glacée de l'hiver ;

Par les forêts et les champs, les monts et les lacs,
Tout jaillit de ses anciennes contractions,
Et cela fait verdir les rameaux et les vrilles
Et s'assombrir le bleu du ciel
Et frissonner dans les gouttes de rosée
Qui vacillent dans l'herbe.

Maintenant, chagrin de l'avoir perdue,
Chagrin qui paralyse, éclate aussi,
Pour avec ton flot tout inonder.
Éclate !
Dans l'éclair des nuages puisses-tu rayonner
Et fleurir avec les violettes
Et fleurir avec les roses.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Liebesgedichte und Lieder, in Lieder der Trauer, no. 4, first published 1866
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-07
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