Sur leur tombe se dresse un tilleul

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Auf ihrem Grab da steht eine Linde

(Sung text for setting by F. Mendelssohn)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Auf ihrem Grab, da steht eine Linde,
Drin pfeifen die Vögel und Abendwinde,
Und drunter sitzt, auf dem grünen Platz,
Der Müllersknecht mit seinem Schatz.

Die Winde, die wehen so lind und so schaurig,
Die Vögel singen so süß und so traurig:
Die schwatzenden Buhlen, sie werden stumm,
Sie weinen und wissen selbst nicht warum.

Composition:

Felix Mendelssohn

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Tragödie, no. 3

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CZE Czech (Čeština) [singable] (Otakar Kučera) , no title
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (August Matthijs)
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ginds op hun graf, daar torent een linde", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Over their grave stands a linden tree", copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache)
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Sur leur tombe se dresse un tilleul

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Mendelssohn)

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

Sur leur tombe se dresse un tilleul,
Dans lequel les oiseaux sifflent dans le vent du soir,
Et au-dessous est assis, sur l'herbe verte,
Le fils du meunier avec sa bien-aimée.

Le vent souffle si doucement et si horriblement,
Les oiseaux chantent si tendrement et si tristement :
Les amoureux qui bavardent se taisent,
Ils pleurent et ils ne savent pas pourquoi.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Tragödie, no. 3
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