Depuis si longtemps j'étais sans voix et angoissé

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Gesanglos war ich

(Sung text for setting by L. Lehrman)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Gesanglos war ich und beklommen
So lange Zeit - nun dicht ich wieder!
Wie Tränen, die uns plötzlich kommen,
So kommen plötzlich auch die Lieder.

Melodisch kann ich wieder klagen
Von großem Lieben, größerm Leiden,
Von Herzen, die sich schlecht vertragen
Und dennoch brechen, wenn sie scheiden.

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Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Katharina, no. 9

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ENG English (Leonard Lehrman) , "Songless was I", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Depuis si longtemps j'étais sans voix et...

(Sung text translation for setting by L. Lehrman)

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

Depuis si longtemps j'étais sans voix et angoissé --
Je peux maintenant à nouveau faire des vers !
Comme les larmes qui nous viennent tout d'un coup,
Les chansons aussi nous viennent tout d'un coup.

Je peux à nouveau me lamenter mélodieusement
Sur le grand amour, sur le grand chagrin,
Sur les cœurs qui s'accordent mal
Et qui se brisent quand ils se séparent.

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