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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Der Frost hat mir bereifet
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI DUT ENG FIN FRE
Der Frost hat mir bereifet
Des Hauses Dach;
Doch warm [ist mir's]1 geblieben
Im Wohngemach.

Der Winter hat die Scheitel
Mir weiß gedeckt.
Doch fließt das Blut, das rothe,
Durch's Herzgemach.

Der Jugendflor der Wangen,
Die Rosen sind
Gegangen, all' gegangen
Einander nach.

Wo sind sie hingegangen?
In's Herz hinab.
Da blühn sie nach Verlangen,
Wie vor so nach.

Sind alle Freudenströme
Der Welt versiegt?
Noch fließt mir durch den Busen
Ein stiller Bach.

Sind alle Nachtigallen
Der Flur verstummt?
Noch ist bei mir im Stillen
Hier eine wach.

Sie singet: Herr des Hauses!
Verschleuß dein Thor,
Daß nicht die Welt, die kalte,
Dring in's Gemach.

Schleuß aus den rauhen Odem
Der Wirklichkeit,
Und nur dem Duft der Träume
Gib Dach und Fach.

Ich habe Wein und Rosen
In jedem Lied,
Und habe solcher Lieder
Noch tausendfach.

Vom Abend bis zum Morgen
Und Nächte durch
Will ich dir singen Jugend
Und [Liebesach]2.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   F. Schubert •   R. Strauss 

F. Schubert sets stanzas 1-8

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Confirmed with Oestliche Rosen von Friedrich Rückert. Drei Lesen. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1822, pages 272-274; and with Gesammelte Gedichte von Friedrich Rückert. Vierter Band. Erlangen, Verlag von Carl Heyder. 1837, pages 177-178.

Note: The poem was first published 1822 in Rückert's Oestliche Rosen where all the poems have no titles. In subsequent editions (Erlangen, 1837: Gesammelte Gedichte, Frankfurt a. M., 1868: Gesammelte Poetische Werke) this poem got the title Vom künftigen Alter and is printed in a different format: each two lines of the original poem have been combined into one single line, and the separation into stanzas has been abandoned.

1 Schubert: "ist's mir"
2 Strauss: "Liebesweh"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Vom künftigen Alter", appears in Östliche Rosen, in 2. Zweite Lese, first published 1822 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Alexander Ritter (1833 - 1896), "Im Alter", op. 12 (Drei Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 3, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Greisengesang", op. 60 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1, D 778 (1823), published 1826, stanzas 1-8 [ bass, piano ], Cappi und Czerny, VN 195, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Vom künftigen Alter", op. 87 no. 1 [ bass, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 40
Word count: 155

Le gel a recouvert le toit
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Le gel a recouvert le toit 
de ma maison;
Mais je suis resté au chaud 
dans le séjour.

L'hiver m'a recouvert le crâne 
de blanc;
Pourtant le sang coule, rouge dans le séjour 
de mon cœur.

Sur mes joues, fleurs de la jeunesse, 
les roses
Sont parties, toutes parties, les unes 
après les autres -

Où sont-elles parties? 
Au fond de mon cœur:
Là elles fleurissent de désirs, 
comme naguère.

Toutes les rivières de joie du monde 
sont-elles taries?
Il coule encore en ma poitrine 
un ruisseau tranquille.

Tous les rossignols de la campagne 
se sont-ils tus?
Pourtant, ici, dans le silence près de moi, 
l'un est éveillé.

Il chante: "Maître de la maison, 
ferme ta porte,
Afin que le monde, froid, ne pénètre 
chez toi.

Laisse dehors la dure haleine 
de la vérité
Et ne donne toit et abri qu'au parfum 
des rêves!"

Dans chaque chanson j'ai mis du vin 
et des roses,
Et de telles chansons, j'en ai plus 
de mille.

Du soir au matin 
et durant les nuits
Je te chanterai jeunesse 
et mal d'amour.

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Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Pierre Mathé, (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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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Vom künftigen Alter", appears in Östliche Rosen, in 2. Zweite Lese, first published 1822
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This text was added to the website: 2009-07-13
Line count: 40
Word count: 177

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