Désir (Dehmel, set by (Oskar C. Posa, né Oskar Posamentir)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Sehnsucht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): FRE

In meiner Liebsten Garten 
die lange schwarze Nacht 
wollt ich wol gerne warten,
bis daß sie mir aufgemacht.

Viel weiße Liljen blühen um 
tieftiefen Brunnens Schlund; 
drin funkeln die goldnen Sterne,
drin glänzt der silberne Mond.

Und wie in den Brunnen schauen 
die lieben Sterne hinein,
ist mir ins Herze gefallen
Deiner lieben Augen Schein.

Die Sterne an dem Himmel,
die stehen gar so fern;
in meiner Liebsten Garten,
da ständ ich gar so gern.

Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichten und Sprüche, G. J. Göschen'sche Verlagshandlung, 1891, p. 63.

Authorship

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Sehnsucht", subtitle: "Volksweise", appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche, in Zweite Stufe: Liebe, first published 1891 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Oskar C. Posa, né Oskar Posamentir (1873 - 1951), "Sehnsucht", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1900 [voice and piano], Berlin, Simrock [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

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Désir

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

Dans mon jardin préféré,
durant la longue nuit noire,
j'attendrais bien volontiers
jusqu'à ce qu'elle m'ouvre.

De nombreux lis blancs  fleurissent autour
de la profonde, profonde gorge d'une fontaine ;
les étoiles d'or y étincellent,
la lune d'argent y brille.

Et comme les chères étoiles regardent
Au fond de la fontaine,
mon cœur est séduit 
par la lumière de Tes yeux chéris.

Dans le ciel les étoiles
sont bien loin ;
dans mon jardin préféré,
je suis bien volontiers.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Sehnsucht", subtitle: "Volksweise", appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche, in Zweite Stufe: Liebe, first published 1891

This text was added to the website: 2015-04-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 79