by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
 (Sung text for setting by R. Schumann)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT DUT ENG FIN FRE GRE HEB IRI ITA SPA
Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
Geh' ich im Garten herum.
Es flüstern und sprechen die Blumen,
Ich aber wandle stumm

Es flüstern und sprechen die Blumen,
Und schaun mitleidig mich an:
Sei unsrer Schwester nicht böse,
Du trauriger blasser Mann.

Note for stanza 1, line 4: Heine's first version of this poem had "Ich aber wandle stumm."

Composition:

    Set to music by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 48 no. 12 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 12, Leipzig, Peters
        Score: IMSLP [external link]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En un lluminós matí d'estiu", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jan Rot) , "Een zwoelige zomermorgen", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Op 'n stralende zomermorgen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "On a shining summer morning", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (John Todhunter) , "Poetical idea", first published <<1907
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 45, first published 1827
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Ένα ηλιόλουστο καλοκαιριάτ_", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Assaf Levitin) (Michal Levitin) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Una luminosa mattina d'estate", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "En una luminosa mañana de verano", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Par un lumineux matin d'été
Je fais le tour de mon jardin.
Les fleurs y parlent et chuchotent,
Mais moi je me promène en silence.

Les fleurs y parlent et chuchotent
Et me regardent avec compassion :
Ne sois pas méchant avec notre sœur,
Toi qui es blême et triste.

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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-02
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