Il était une fois un chevalier morne et silencieux

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Der Ritter sitzt wieder

(Sung text for setting by H. Werner)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

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Der Ritter sitzt wieder ganz einsam zu Haus,
In dem düstern Poetenstübchen.

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Héloïse Werner

The Knight's Dream

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Prolog", appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo

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

ENG English (Louis Untermeyer) , "There once was a knight", appears in Poems of Heinrich Heine, first published 1917
FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , "Prologue", appears in Intermezzo lyrique, first published 1827
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-04-01
Line count: 42
Word count: 261

Il était une fois un chevalier morne et...

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Werner)

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

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Le chevalier est à nouveau tout seul dans la maison,
Dans sa sombre petite chambre de poète.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 6 (lines 6-7) of the original text.

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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-02
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