Le voyageur à la scierie | Dans le moulin, là-bas dans le fond

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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Der Wandrer in der Saegmühle

(Sung text for setting by W. Platz)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE

Dort unten in der Mühle
Saß ich in süßer Ruh'
Und sah dem Räderspiele
Und sah den Wassern zu.

Sah zu der blanken Säge,
Es war mir wie ein Traum,
Die bahnte lange Wege
In einen Tannenbaum.

Die Tanne war wie lebend,
In Trauermelodie
Durch alle Fasern bebend
Sang diese Worte sie:

Du kehrst zur rechten Stunde,
O Wanderer, hier ein,
Du bist's, für den die Wunde
Mir dringt ins Herz hinein!

Du bist's, für den wird werden,
Wenn kurz gewandert du,
Dies Holz im Schoß der Erden
Ein Schrein zur ew'gen Ruh'.

Vier Bretter sah ich fallen,
Mir ward's ums Herze schwer,
Ein Wörtlein wollt' ich lallen,
Da ging das Rad nicht mehr.

Composition:

Wilhelm Platz

Hundert Lieder

Text Authorship:

by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Der Wanderer in der Sägmühle", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "The wanderer in the sawmill", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le voyageur à la scierie", copyright © 2011, (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: 24
Word count: 122

Le voyageur à la scierie

(Sung text translation for setting by W. Platz)

See original

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

Dans le moulin, là-bas dans le fond,
Je me reposais, assis tranquillement
Et je voyais les rouages,
Et je regardais les eaux.

Je regardais la scie luisante,
Comme en rêve,
Se frayer un long chemin
Dans un sapin.

Le sapin semblait être en vie,
Tremblant de toutes ses fibres,
Sur une triste mélodie,
Il chantait ces paroles :

Tu es arrivé ici à l'heure,
Ô voyageur,
Tu es celui pour qui cette blessure
Me pénètre le cœur !

Tu es celui pour qui,
Peu après la fin de ton voyage,
Ce bois, au sein de la terre,
Deviendra la châsse d'un éternel repos.

Je vis tomber quatre planches
Qui me pesèrent sur le cœur,
Je voulus bégayer un mot,
C'est alors que la roue s'arrêta.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Der Wanderer in der Sägmühle", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-27
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Word count: 124