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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

Translation © by Stéphane Goldet, Pierre de Rosamel

Sonnenuntergang

(Sung text for setting by J. Hauer)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE FRE

Wo bist du? trunken dämmert die Seele mir
  Von all deiner Wonne; denn eben ist's,
    Daß ich gelauscht, wie goldner Töne
      Voll der entzückende Sonnenjüngling

Sein Abendlied auf himmlischer Leier spielt';
  Es tönten rings die Wälder und Hügel nach.
    Doch fern ist er zu frommen Völkern,
      Die ihn noch ehren, hinweggegangen.

Composition:

Josef Matthias Hauer

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Sonnenuntergang", appears in Gedichte 1784-1800

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

ENG English (John H. Campbell) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Où es-tu ?", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Coucher de soleil", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Coucher de soleil

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Hauer)

See original

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

Où es-tu ? L’ivresse obscurcit pour mon âme
tout délice de toi ; mais voilà que j’ai prêté l’oreille
à ce qui pourrait être le ravissement de l’enfant solaire,
dans la gerbe d’or de ce chant du soir

qu’il joue sur sa lyre céleste ;
alentour résonnaient bois et collines,
lui cependant s’en est allé là-bas, chez les peuples de foi
qui le vénèrent encore.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Stéphane Goldet and Pierre de Rosamel, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Sonnenuntergang", appears in Gedichte 1784-1800
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