La pauvre âme | Au ciel, il y a tant de joies

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Die arme Seele

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Swiss German (Schwizerdütsch)

Our translations: FRE

Im Himmel, im Himmel sind der Freuden soviel,
da singen die Engel, sie haben gut Spiel.
Dort hinten, dort hinten, bei der himmlischen Tür,
dort stet eine arme Seele, schaut traurig herfür.
"Was traurist, was traurist, arme seele vor Gott?"
"Ich han übertreten die zehn Gebot'."
Arme Seele mein, komm zu mir ins Paradeis,
dann werden deine Kleider ja alle schneeweiß.

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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a text in Swiss German (Schwizerdütsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "Die arme Seele", op. 20 no. 2, from Geistliche Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La pauvre âme", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-11-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 61

La pauvre âme

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

Au ciel, il y a tant de joies,
Là chantent les anges, ils jouent bien,
Là derrière, à la porte du ciel,
se tient une pauvre âme, regardant tristement.
"Pourquoi es-tu triste, pourquoi es-tu triste,pauvre âme devant Dieu ?"
"J'ai trangressé les dix commandements."
Pauvre âme, viens à moi au paradis,
puis revêts les habits tout blancs comme la neige.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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Based on:

a text in Swiss German (Schwizerdütsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2008-11-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 60