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Brahma, dieu des croyants, maître des cités saintes, N'entends-tu pas mes longs sanglots? À ton fleuve sacré je répète mes plaintes, Qu'il va te porter dans ses flots! Il a quitté ce monde, M'aimant quand je l'aimais, Et ma peine est profonde, Je souffre à jamais! Il a quitté ce monde, il a quitté la vie, Et moi, je ne vois plus ses yeux, Je n'entends plus sa voix, ma lèvre refroidie N'a plus ses baisers amoureux; Il ne me reste rien, de ses folles étreintes, Rien, rien, Brahma que mes sanglots! À ton fleuve sacré je répète mes plaintes, Qu'il va te porter dans ses flots! Il a quitté ce monde, M'aimant quand je l'aimais, Et ma peine est profonde, Je souffre à jamais!
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Hermann Bemberg (1861 - 1931), "Chant hindou", published 1896 [voice and piano], from the collection 20 Mélodies, no. 5, Éd. Louis Gregh [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , title 1: "Hindu song", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , title 1: "Hindu song"
Researcher for this text: Paul Hindemith
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 125
Brahma, god of believers, master of holy cities, Do you not hear my long sobs? At your holy river I repeat my plaints, That they will be carried to you in its streams. He has left this world Who loved me when I loved him, And my grief is profound. I suffer forever. He has left this world, he has left this life, And me, I shall never again see his eyes, I shall never again hear his voice, my cold lips Shall no longer have his amorous kisses. I have nothing left of his mad embraces, Nothing, nothing, Brahma, but my sobs! At your holy river I repeat my plaints, That they will be carried to you in its streams. He has left this world Who loved me when I loved him, And my grief is profound. I suffer forever.
Authorship
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2009 by Paul Hindemith, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Armand Manuel Ocampo (b. 1857)
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-05
Line count: 20
Word count: 141