Chanson d'amour | Je chante ton soulier de soie

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Liebeslied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Ich singe von deinem seidenen Schuh
Und von deinem rauschenden Kleid,
Ich träume dich jede Nacht, o du,
Meine Böse, mein Herzeleid!

Ich weiß keinen Namen als deinen,
Ich kann um keinen Schmerz
Und um keine Lust mehr weinen,
Als um dich allein, mein Herz.

Ich will kein Glück mehr kennen
Und keine andere Not,
Als um dich in Sehnsucht brennen -
O du, warum bist du tot?

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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 152.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Liebeslied", subtitle: "(1908)", written 1908 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Heinrich Duttweiler , "Liebeslied", 1945 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Friedrich Niggli (1875 - 1959), "Liebeslied", op. 15 (Vier Lieder von Hermann Hesse) no. 3, published 1922? [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Liebeslied", op. 42a no. 5 (1977) [ medium voice and piano ], from Stufen - Hesse-Lieder 1977 für mittlere Singstimme, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó d’amor", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Love song", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chanson d'amour", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

Chanson d'amour

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

Je chante ton soulier de soie
Et ta robe froufroutante,
Je rêve de toi chaque nuit, ô toi,
Ma méchante, souffrance de mon cœur !

Je ne connais d'autre nom que le tien,
Aucune douleur,
Aucun plaisir ne me fais plus pleurer,
Seule toi, mon cœur.

Je ne connaîtrai plus d'autre bonheur,
Ni d'autre détresse,
Que de brûler de désir pour toi –
Ô toi, pourquoi es-tu morte !

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 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 Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Liebeslied", subtitle: "(1908)", written 1908
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This text was added to the website: 2017-03-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 67