Doucement, des pieds délicats | Doucement, des pieds délicats s'approchent

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Leis auf zarten Füssen naht es

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Leis auf zarten Füssen naht es,
vor dem [Schlafen]¹ wie ein Fächeln:
Horch, o Seele, meines Rates,
laß dir Glück und Tröstung lächeln-:
 
Die in Liebe dir verbunden,
werden immer um dich bleiben,
werden klein und große Runden
treugesellt mir dir beschreiben.
 
Und sie werden an dir bauen,
unverwandt, wie du an ihnen, -
und, erwacht zu Einem Schauen,
werdet ihr wetteifernd dienen!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• V. Ullmann

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Confirmed with Christian Morgenstern, Wir fanden einen Pfad. Gedichte, München: R. Piper & Co Verlag, 1966, page 17, in section I.

¹ Ullmann: "Schlafe"

Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Wir fanden einen Pfad [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 Hilde Kocher-Klein (1894 - 1975), "Horch, o Seele", op. 70 no. 1 [ low voice and piano ], from Horch, o Seele. 5 Lieder für tiefe Stimme und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "Leis' auf zarten Füßen ", op. 20 no. 3, from Geistliche Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Friedrich Wilhelm Welter (1900 - 1984), "Arie", op. 27 no. 3, published 1940 [ alto or baritone and piano ], from O Leben, Leben. Gesänge für Alt oder Bariton mit Klavier, no. 3, Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Wilke & Co. [sung text not yet checked]

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

Research team for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-11-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 63

Doucement, des pieds délicats

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

Doucement, des pieds délicats s'approchent
avant le sommeil comme un éventail :
Écoute, ô âme, mon conseil
laisse le bonheur et le réconfort sourire 

Les deux liés en toi dans l'amour,
resteront toujours autour de toi,
de petits et de grands cercles,
loyalement, ils décriront avec toi.

Et ils construiront pour toi,
fermement, comme toi pour eux,
et, éveillé à regarder l'Unique
tu seras prêt à servir.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Wir fanden einen Pfad
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This text was added to the website: 2008-11-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 66