Éloigné de belle lèvres, arraché

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Von schönen Lippen fortgedrängt,...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Von schönen Lippen fortgedrängt, getrieben
Aus schönen Armen, die uns fest umschlossen!
Ich wäre gern noch einen Tag geblieben,
Da kam der Schwager schon mit seinen Rossen.

Das ist das Leben, Kind, ein ewig Jammern,
Ein ewig Abschiednehmen, ew'ges Trennen!
Konnt' denn dein Herz das mein'ge nicht umklammern?
Hat selbst dein Auge mich nicht halten können?

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Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 68 [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 Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Von schönen Lippen fortgedrängt, getrieben", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 68 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 56

Éloigné de belle lèvres, arraché

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

Éloigné de belle lèvres, arraché
À de beaux bras, qui nous enlaçaient fort!
Je serais bien encore resté un jour,
Déjà le postillon arrivait avec son cheval.

C'est la vie, mon enfant, une éternelle misère,
Un perpétuel départ, une séparation perpétuelle!
Ton coeur ne pouvait-il donc pas enlacer le mien?
Tes yeux eux-mêmes n'ont pas pu me retenir?

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 68
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This text was added to the website: 2009-04-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 58