Laissez-moi me prélasser, laissez-moi rêver

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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Laßt mich ruhen

(Sung text for setting by F. Liszt)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Laßt mich ruhen, laßt mich träumen,
Wo die Abendwinde linde
Säuseln in den Blütenbäumen,
Wo der Nachtigallen 
Lieder wieder 
In der Zweige Dämmrung schallen!

Wie des Mondes Silberhelle
Auf des Baches dunkler Welle,
Spielt in dieser lichten Stunde
Auf des Lebens dunklem Grunde
Der vergangnen Tage 
Freud' und Klage.
Der Erinnrung Lust und Schmerzen
Flimmern auf in meinem Herzen -

Laßt mich ruhen, laßt mich träumen
Bei der Nachtigallen Sange
Unter vollen Blütenbäumen
Lange -- lange!

Composition:

Franz (Ferenc) Liszt

Text Authorship:

by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Dichterleben, in Reifere Mannesjahre

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

ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "Let me linger", first published 1911
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 75

Laissez‑moi me prélasser, laissez‑moi...

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Liszt)

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

Laissez-moi me prélasser, laissez-moi rêver
Là où les douces brises du soir
Murmurent dans les arbres en fleurs
Où les chants des rossignols
Retentissent à nouveau
Dans les branches au crépuscule !

Pareilles à la clarté argentée de la lune
Sur les sombres vagues du ruisseau,
À cette heure légère
Jouent, sur le fond sombre de la vie
Des jours passés,
Joies et plaintes.
Plaisir et douleurs du souvenir
Vibrent sur mon cœur.

Laissez-moi me prélasser, laissez-moi rêver
Au chant des rossignols
Sous les arbres emplis de fleurs
Longtemps, longtemps !

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