À la douleur son dû | Dormir, dormir, seulement dormir !

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by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Schlafen, Schlafen, nichts als Schlafen!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA NOR

Schlafen, Schlafen, nichts als Schlafen!
  Kein Erwachen, [keinen Traum!]¹
Jener Wehen, die mich trafen,
  Leisestes Erinnern kaum,
Daß ich, wenn des Lebens Fülle
  Niederklingt in meine Ruh',
Nur noch tiefer mich verhülle,
  Fester zu die Augen thu'!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• O. Schoeck

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Friedrich Hebbel. Gesammt-Ausgabe stark vermehrt und verbessert, Stuttgart und Augsburg, J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1857, page 277.

¹ Schoeck: "kein Traum"

Text Authorship:

by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Dem Schmerz sein Recht, no. 4 [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Dem Schmerz sein Recht", op. 2 (Vier Gesänge) no. 1 (1910) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Schlafen, schlafen", op. 15 (24 Lieder) no. 21 (1992-2004) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Schlafen, Schlafen, nichts als Schlafen", op. 14 (Vier Lieder für tiefere Stimme und Klavier) no. 4 (1907) [ low voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Adam Taylor (b. 1981), "Schlafen, Schlafen", op. 28 no. 3 (2003) [ SSAA chorus a cappella ], from Four Songs of Calm, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Anna Teichmüller (1861 - 1940), "Schlafen, Schlafen", op. 24 (Fünf Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier ) no. 5, published 1910 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Dreililien [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Trunk (1879 - 1968), "Schlafen, Schlafen", op. 41 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Jakob Kellner) , "To sleep, to sleep, nothing but to sleep!", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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À la douleur son dû

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

Dormir, dormir, seulement dormir !
Pas de réveil, pas de rêve !
De ces chagrins, que j'ai rencontrés,
À peine le moindre souvenir,
Pour que, quand la plénitude de la vie
Résonnera dans mon repos,
Je me couvre encore plus,
Et que je ferme plus fort les yeux !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Dem Schmerz sein Recht, no. 4
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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 46