L'Élan | Que cherchent dans tes yeux pour moi

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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Bestürmung

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Was will in deinen Augen mir
dies dunkelvolle, fremde Weh,
so tief und sehr?
so still und schwer
wie Stürme, die Ruhe suchten
im Schooß der grauen See.

Versinken will, versinken mir
in dieser Augen grauen Schooß
mein Herz — und will
wie Du so still
und schwer an Dein Herz schlagen,
dann brechen die Stürme los!

Und will dich wiegen so mit mir
in rasender lachender Seligkeit
auf freiem Meer!
bis tief und sehr
die Herzen wieder ruhen,
ruhen von Sturm und Leid.

Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Gesammelte Werke in drei Bänden, Erster Band, S. Fischer, Verlag, Berlin, 1913

Text Authorship:

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Bestürmung" [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 Hans Heinz Scholtys (1900 - 1945), "Bestürmung" [ voice and piano ], from 94 Lieder, no. 53 [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Otto Vrieslander, Alexander Zemlinsky.

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FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "L'Élan", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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L'Élan

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

Que cherchent dans tes yeux pour moi
ces sombres peines étrangères,
si profondes, si fortes ?
si calmes et si lourdes
comme des tempêtes cherchant le repos
dans le sein de la mer grise ?

Mon cœur aspire à sombrer
dans le gris profond de tes yeux,
et aspire comme le tien,
si calme, si lourd,
à battre contre ton cœur,
alors les tempêtes se déchaînent !

Et je voudrais te bercer avec moi,
dans une euphorie folle et riante
sur la mer ouverte,
jusqu’à ce que, très au fond,
nos cœurs à nouveau se reposent,
se reposent de la tempête et de la peine.

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