L'Élysée est aussi éloigné

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Elysium is as far as to

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

Elysium is as far as to
The very nearest room,
If in that room a friend await
Felicity or doom.

What fortitude the soul contains,
That it can so endure
The accent of a coming foot,
The opening of a door!

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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890 [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 Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917 - 1995), "Elysium is as far", published 1964 [ SSA chorus and piano ], from Emily Dickinson Set [sung text not yet checked]
by Adolf Weiss (1891 - 1971), "Elysium", 1928, published c1930 [ soprano and string quartet ], from Seven Songs for Soprano and String Quartet, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 8
Word count: 41

L'Élysée est aussi éloigné

Language: French (Français) after the English

L'Élysée est aussi éloigné
Que la Pièce la plus proche
Si dans cette Pièce un Ami attend
Félicité ou Ruine --

Quelle force contient l'Âme
Qui peut ainsi supporter
Le son de pieds qui arrivent --
D'ouverture d'une Porte --

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Translations of title(s):
"Elysium" = "L'Élysée"
"Elysium is as far" = "L'Élysée est aussi éloigné"

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Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2016 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 English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890
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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-31
Line count: 8
Word count: 37