by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Translation by Stefan Zweig (1881 - 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
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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)
Wie nun des Regens Gerinn rauschend die Stadt umringt fühl’ ich ein Trauern, das in meine schauernde Seele dringt. Regen, o Regengesang, dächerwärts und bodenwärts, was bist du für lieber Gesang für ein einsames Herz! Dein Klingen und Klagen, es klopft mir auch im Herzen, das heiss sich in Tränen zertropft und doch seine Trauer nicht weiss. Wer, o wer sagt mir das, warum sich mein Herz so betrübt, dass es stumm, ohne Liebe und Hass einem grundlosen Grame sich gibt?
Composition:
- Set to music by Artur Immisch (1902 - 1949), "Regenlied", copyright © 2006 [ high voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Texten von Paul Verlaine, no. 1, ENA Musikverlag / hudźbny nakład
Text Authorship:
- by Stefan Zweig (1881 - 1942), "Regen"
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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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Bertram Kottmann , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2021-03-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 80