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by Michael Beer (1800 - 1833)
Translation by Émile Deschamps (1791 - 1871)

Scirocco
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Armes Kind, 
Südlich weht der Wind,
Und dein Auge [schwimmt]1 in Thränen,
Und die Brust schwellt heißes]2 Sehnen,
Und die matten Glieder
Zieht's zum Schlummer nieder.
Amor, komm geschwind!
Südlich weht der Wind. 

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   G. Meyerbeer 

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Confirmed with Michael Beer, Sämmtliche Werke, ed. by Eduard von Schenk, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1835, page 821. Appears in Lyrische Gedichte.

1 Meyerbeer: "steht"
2 Meyerbeer: "dein Herz ist voller"

Text Authorship:

  • by Michael Beer (1800 - 1833), "Scirocco", subtitle: "Neapel" [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 Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), "Scirocco", also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Émile Deschamps (1791 - 1871) ; composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer.
      • Go to the text.

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 35

Scirocco
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Pauvre enfant! ah! comme le vent
souffle du midi, pauvre enfant!
Et tes yeux, ton sein, ton âme
brûlent d'une ardente flamme;
et ton front qui tombe,
au sommeil succombe.
Pauvre enfant! ah! comme le vent
souffle du midi, pauvre enfant!
Viens, amour, viens donc, vole promptement
car c'est le moment,
ah! comme le vent souffle du midi,
viens, amour, viens donc, pauvre enfant!
Viens, amour, viens donc!
Viens, l'air est brûlant.

Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Deschamps (1791 - 1871) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Michael Beer (1800 - 1833), "Scirocco", subtitle: "Neapel"
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), "Scirocco", also set in German (Deutsch) [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-20
Line count: 14
Word count: 72

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