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by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Was weht um meine Schläfe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Was weht um meine Schläfe 
Wie laue Frühlingsluft, 
Was spielt um meine Wangen
Wie süßer Rosenduft?
 
Es ist dein holder Gedanke, 
Der tröstend mich umspielt,
Es ist dein stilles Sehnen, 
Was meine Schläfe kühlt!

Und was wie Harfenklänge
Um meine Sinne schwirrt,
Mein Name ist's, der leise 
Von deinen Lippen irrt.

Ich fühle deine Nähe! 
Es ist dein Wunsch, dein Geist,
Der mich aus weiter Ferne 
An deinen Busen reißt.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm, no title, appears in Hochzeitlieder, no. 8 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Hans Bill (1863 - 1936), "Geisternähe", op. 7 (Zehn Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 9, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Landshut, Krüll [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anton Eberhardt (1855 - 1922), "Geisternähe", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 6, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Geisternähe", op. 77 (Lieder und Gesänge für Singstimme und Klavier (Heft 3)) no. 3 (1850), published 1851 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Proximitat de l’esperit", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Geesten elkaar nabij", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Spirits around", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Esprit proche", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 70

Esprit proche
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Qu'est-ce qui souffle dans mon sommeil
Comme une douce brise de printemps,
Qu'est-ce qui joue sur mes joues
Comme un doux parfum de roses ?

C'est ta pensée gracieuse
Qui joue autour de moi pour me réconforter,
C'est ton désir silencieux
Qui rafraîchit mon sommeil !

Et ce qui comme les sons d'une harpe
Bourdonne autour de mon esprit
C'est mon nom qui doucement
Erre de tes lèvres.

Je te sens tout près !
C'est ton désir, ton esprit,
Qui de très loin
M'arrache vers ton sein.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Guy Laffaille, (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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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm, no title, appears in Hochzeitlieder, no. 8
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 84

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