Sur les parois de planches du bateau

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Auf dem Meere

(Sung text for setting by R. Franz)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

An die bretterne Schiffswand,
Wo mein träumendes Haupt liegt,
Branden die Wellen, die wilden Wellen;
Sie rauschen und murmeln
Mir heimlich ins Ohr:
"Betörter Geselle!
Dein Arm ist kurz, der Himmel so weit
Und die Sterne da droben sind fest geschmiedet
Mit goldnen Nägeln -
Vergebliches Sehnen, vergebliches Seufzen,
Das beste wäre, du schliefest ein."

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Robert Franz

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Nordsee, in Erster Zyklus, in 7. Nachts in der Kajüte, no. 5

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ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "By the sea", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Sur les parois de planches du bateau

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Franz)

See original

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

Sur les parois de planches du bateau
Où, rêvassant, j'appuie ma tête,
Les vagues se brisent, les vagues furieuses ;
Elles grondent et me murmurent
Secrètement dans l'oreille :
» Compagnon désorienté !
Ton bras est court et le ciel est vaste,
Et les étoiles là-haut sont bien clouées,
Avec des clous d'or --
Vaines langueurs, vains soupirs,
Le mieux serait que tu t'endormes. «

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