Elle est juste passée par ma chambre

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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Sie ist nur durch mein Zimmer gegangen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Sie ist nur durch mein Zimmer gegangen
und hat mir [nur ihr Schicksal]¹ erzählt,
und ich hab' sie mit Trost gequält
und saß und starb fast vor Verlangen.

Sie hat geträumt von meinen Händen:
sie aß von ihres Mannes Brot,
da kam ich an und drückte sie tot,
sie hielt ganz still. Wie wird das enden --

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Zemlinsky

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Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Weib und Welt, Verlag von Schuster u. Loeffler, Berlin, 1896, page 36.

¹ Zemlinsky: "scheu von Träumen"

Text Authorship:

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Drama", appears in Weib und Welt, first published 1896 [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 Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Vorspiel", 1907, from Fünf lieder auf Texte von Richard Dehmel, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Peter Donderwinkel

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 57

Elle est juste passée par ma chambre

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

Elle est juste passée par ma chambre
et [ne m'a parlé que de son destin]¹,
et je l'ai tourmentée avec espoir
et j'étais assis et mourais presque de désir.

Elle a rêvé de mes mains :
elle mangeait du pain de son homme,
alors je m'approchai et l'étouffai,
elle se tint bien tranquille. Comment cela finira-t-il ?

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Translation for title "Drama" = "Drame"
¹ Zemlinsky : "m'a parlé timidement de rêves"

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 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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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Drama", appears in Weib und Welt, first published 1896
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This text was added to the website: 2015-04-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 57