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by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936)

Translation © by Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr

Les grands vents venus d'outremer

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER SAN

Les grands vents venus d'outre-mer
Passent par la Ville, l'hiver,
Comme des étrangers amers.

Ils se concertent, graves et pâles
Sur les places, et leurs sandales
Ensablent le marbre des dalles.

Comme de crosses à leurs mains fortes,
Ils heurtent l'auvent et la porte
Derrière qui l'horloge est morte ;

Et les adolescents amers
S'en vont avec eux vers la Mer!

Confirmed with Henri de Régnier, Tel qu’en songe, Librairie de l’Art Indépendant, Paris, 1892. Note: Ravel's title leaves out the hyphen in the last word.

Text Authorship:

by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936), "Les grands vents venus d'outre-mer", written 1892, appears in Tel qu'en songe, in 4. Quelqu'un songe de soir et d'espoir, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Librairie de l'Art Indépendant, first published 1892 [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 Robert Francès (1919 - 2012), "Les grands vents venus d'outre-mer", published 2002 [ high voice and piano ], from Paysages musicaux, no. 1, Paris, Éditions Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
by Jacques Guillaume de Sauville de la Presle (1888 - 1969), "Les grands vents venus d'outremer", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Les grands vents venus d'outremer", M. 48 (1906), published 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The great gusts coming from overseas", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , "Die großen Winde, aus Übersee gekommen", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SAN Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 60

Die großen Winde, aus Übersee gekommen

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

Die großen Winde, aus Übersee gekommen,
Wehen durch die Stadt, im Winter,
Wie verbitterte Fremde.

Sie stimmen sich ab, ernst und trüb,
Auf den Plätzen, und ihre Sandalen
Versanden den Marmor der Bodenplatten.

Wie mit Schlägern in ihren starken Händen,
Stoßen sie auf das Vordach und die Tür,
Hinter der die Uhr stehengeblieben ist.

Und die verbitterten Jünglinge
Gehen mit ihnen zum Meer.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936), "Les grands vents venus d'outre-mer", written 1892, appears in Tel qu'en songe, in 4. Quelqu'un songe de soir et d'espoir, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Librairie de l'Art Indépendant, first published 1892
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This text was added to the website: 2020-03-09
Line count: 11
Word count: 63