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.

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•   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"

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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.

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