by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Translation by Richard von Schaukal (1874 - 1942)
Il pleure dans mon cœur
Language: French (Français)
Il [pleure]1 dans mon cœur Comme il pleut sur la ville ; Quelle est cette langueur Qui pénètre mon cœur ? Ô bruit doux de la pluie, Par terre et sur les toits ! Pour un cœur qui s'ennuie, Ô le [chant]2 de la pluie ! Il pleure sans raison Dans [ce]3 cœur qui s'écœure. Quoi ! nulle trahison ? ... [Ce]4 deuil est sans raison. C'est bien la pire peine, De ne savoir pourquoi... Sans amour et sans haine Mon cœur a tant de peine !
J. Hetsch sets stanza 2 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
J. Hetsch sets stanza 2 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Rostand: "pleut"
2 Debussy: "bruit"
3 Fauré, Rostand: "mon"; Madetoja: "le"
4 Fauré, Rostand: "Mon"
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 3, Sens, Typographie de Maurice L'Hermite, first published 1874
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) [singable] (Núria Colomer) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "There is weeping in my heart", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Thomas Ang) , "In my heart it weeps", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Es weint in meinem Herzen", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Es weint in meinem Herz", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 80
Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Regen über der Stadt, und mein Herze steht in Tränen. Ich weiß nicht, was es hat: mein Herz ist voll Sehnen. Dies ruhige Regenklopfen auf den Dächern und Gassen. Leise trommeln die Tropfen: Verlassen, verlassen! Warum nur muss ich weinen? Mein Herz ist am Verscheiden. Warum? Ich weiss ja keinen Grund, solchen Gram zu leiden! O das ist bitt're Pein: so sonder Lieb und Groll unsäglich traurig sein, das Herz von Tränen voll.
Composition:
- Set to music by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Regen", 1910, published 1911 [ medium voice and piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, II. Folge, Nr.7
Text Authorship:
- by Richard von Schaukal (1874 - 1942), "Regen", appears in Nachdichtungen: Verlaine-Heredia, in Romances sans Paroles, Berlin: Oesterheld & Co., page 41, first published 1906
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 3, Sens, Typographie de Maurice L'Hermite, first published 1874
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Rain", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 74