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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Georges Clerc (flourished c1881)

Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI DUT ENG FRE
Dämmernd liegt der Sommerabend
Über Wald und grünen Wiesen;
Goldner Mond, [am]1 blauen Himmel,
Strahlt herunter, duftig labend.

An dem Bache zirpt die Grille,
Und es regt sich in dem Wasser,
Und der Wandrer hört ein Plätschern,
Und ein Athmen in der Stille.

Dorten, [an]2 dem Bach alleine,
Badet sich die schöne Elfe;
Arm und Nacken, weiß und lieblich,
Schimmern in dem Mondenscheine.

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1 Brahms, Elling: "im"
2 Kauffmann: "in"

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 85

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by A. Messager)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Un réseau d'ombres emprisonne
Les prés, les champs et la forêt;
L'azur pâlit, le vent frissonne,
La lune à l'orient paraît.

Un grillon de sa chanson vive
Lutine le ruisseau qui dort;
Un clapotement bat la rive;
Un bruit léger de l'onde sort:

C'est un Elfe errant à la brume,
Rasant du pied l'herbe et le jone,
Qui prend son bain au clair de lune,
Et vient de faire le plongeon.

Composition:

    Set to music by André Messager (1853 - 1929), no title, alternate title: "Un réseau d'ombres emprisonne", 1884, published [1885] [ high voice and piano ], from Nouveau Printemps, no. 3, from Quinze mélodies, no. 13, Paris, Éd. Enoch et Costallat

Text Authorship:

  • by Georges Clerc (flourished c1881), no title, appears in Mon videpoche, in 3. Traductions et variations d'après H. Heine, no. 28, Paris, Éd. P. Ollendorff, first published 1881

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 85
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 71

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