Désir | Les fontaines murmurent, les brises font silence

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by Marie Itzerott (b. 1857)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Sehnsucht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT FRE

Quellen rauschen, Lüfte schweigen,
Lindenblüten duften sacht.
Durch die blaue, stille Nacht
geht von Herz zu Herz ein Neigen,
geht von Stern zu Stern ein Neigen
durch die junge Sommerpracht;
gab ich nicht in solcher Nacht
meine Seele dir, zu eigen.

Text Authorship:

by Marie Itzerott (b. 1857) [author's text not yet checked 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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Sehnsucht", op. 66 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 1 (1902) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Anhel", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Désir", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 41

Désir

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

Les fontaines murmurent, les brises font silence,
Les tilleuls diffusent leur doux parfum,
À travers la nuit bleue et calme
Une inclinaison va de cœur à cœur,
Une inclinaison va d'étoile en étoile
À travers la splendeur du jeune été ;
En une telle nuit n'ai-je pas donné
Mon âme pour être tienne ?

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Marie Itzerott (b. 1857)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-03
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Word count: 53