Ainsi je voudrais être complètement détruit | Ainsi je voudrais être complètement détruit

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by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

So wollt ich ganz zernichtet sein

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FIN FRE

So wollt ich ganz zernichtet sein,
Wie an dem ganzen Wesen mein
Nit eine Fiber jetzt nit schreit
Vor tiefer Reu und wildem Leid.
Zurück! Und kann nit!
Noch einmal!
Und kommt nit wieder!
Graus und Qual!
Hie wird kein zweites Mahl gelebt!
Nun weiß die aufgerissne Brust,
Als sie es nie zuvor gewußt,
Was dieses Wort bedeuten mag:
Lieg hin und stirb, hie ist dein Tag!

Text Authorship:

by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), appears in Jedermann, first published 1911 [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 Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), "So wollt ich ganz zernichtet sein", 1943-4 [baritone and orchestra], from Sechs Monologe aus "Jedermann", no. 4. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ainsi je voudrais être complètement détruit", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Margo Briessinck

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 67

Ainsi je voudrais être complètement détruit

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

Ainsi je voudrais être complètement détruit
Si de tout mon être
Pas une fibre ne criait maintenant
Son repentir profond et sa souffrance sauvage.
Arrière ! Ce n'est pas possible !
Encore un fois !
Et ne revenez pas encore !
Effroi et torture !
Ici on ne vit pas une deuxième fois !
Maintenant la poitrine ouverte sait
Comme elle ne l'a jamais su avant
Ce que ces mots veulent dire :
Couche-toi ici et meurs, c'est ton heure !

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2018 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 German (Deutsch) by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), appears in Jedermann, first published 1911
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This text was added to the website: 2018-09-30
Line count: 13
Word count: 73