Mauvais signe | Dans la forêt chuchotent

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Schlimme Zeichen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Im Walde, da flüstern
Die Bäume so bang,
Und der Wind streicht so scheu
An den Hängen entlang,
Und die Sonne am Himmel,
Die leuchtet so roth --
O weh meiner Seele
Mein Liebster ist todt.

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Neunte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 211.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Schlimme Zeichen", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Nach Jahren, no. 36 [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 Walter Courvoisier (1875 - 1931), "Schlimme Zeichen", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1903-4) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), "Schlimme Zeichen", published 1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 4, from Zwölf Lieder von Anna Ritter für eine Mittelstimme (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Leipzig: Hofmeister (1909 - Zwölf Lieder); Bryn Mawr, PA: Hildegard Publishing Company (1998 - Sieben Lieder) [sung text not yet checked]
by Lili Hutterstrasser-Scheidl (1882 - 1942), as Lio Hans, "Schlimme Zeichen", published 1912 [ baritone and piano ], from Sturm, no. 2, Leipzig : L. Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Julie Schnitzler , "Schlimme Zeichen" [ high voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimmme mit Klavier, no. 3, Köln a/Rh. : P.J. Tonger [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Evil omens", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mauvais signe", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-07-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 35

Mauvais signe

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

Dans la forêt chuchotent
Les arbres si effrayants
Et le vent si farouche passe
Le long des versants,
Et au ciel le soleil
Brille si rouge.
Ô, malheur à mon âme,
Mon bien-aimé est mort.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Schlimme Zeichen", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Nach Jahren, no. 36
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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 35