En rêve | Hélas, je sors des rêves !

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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Im Traume

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): FRE

Ach, aus Träumen fahr' ich!
in die graue Luft,
in die kalte, starr' ich;
ach, dein Samum war ich,
Du mein Ambraduft!

Durch die stumme Wüste
bebtest du dahin,
und dein Atem küßte
und dein Kuß versüßte
Seele mir und Sinn.

Einsamkeiten hingen
tief ins weiße Land;
sonnenstill ein Ringen,
und mit heißen Schwingen
hielt ich dich umspannt,

hielt ich dich umschlungen,
hielt ich dich umglüht, --
und mit Flammenzungen
hab' ich dir gesungen
meiner Wonne Lied.

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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Im Traume", appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche, in Zweite Stufe: Liebe [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "En rêve", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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En rêve

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

Hélas, je sors des rêves !
Je suis engourdi dans la grisaille,
dans le froid ;
hélas, j'étais ton simoun,
Toi mon ambre gris !

À travers les déserts muets,
là-bas tu tremblais
et ton haleine était baiser
et ton baiser m'adoucissait
L'âme et l'esprit.

Des solitudes planaient
Lourdement dans le blanc pays ;
Une lutte dans le silence solaire
et d'un élancement brûlant
je te tenais embrassée,

je te tenais enlacée
je te tenais embrasée,
et d'une langue enflammée
je t'ai chanté
la chanson de mon extase.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Pierre Mathé, (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 Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Im Traume", appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche, in Zweite Stufe: Liebe

This text was added to the website: 2013-12-12
Line count: 20
Word count: 88