Datura suaveolens | Je viens de voir un jeune couple, ô fleur de Diane

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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Datura suaveolens

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Ich sah eben ein jugendlich Paar, o Blume Dianas,
Vor dir stehen; es war Wange an Wange gelegt.
Beide sie schlürften zugleich den unnennbaren Duft aus dem weiten,
Schneeigen Becher und leis hört ich ein doppeltes Ach!
"Küsse mich!" sagte sie jetzt, und mitten im Strome des Nektars
Atmend wechselten sie Küsse, begeisterten Blicks.
- Zürn, o Himmlische, nicht! Du hast fürwahr zu den Gaben
Irdischer Liebe den Hauch göttlicher Schöne gemischt.

Text Authorship:

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Datura suaveolens" [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 Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Datura suaveolens", op. 41 no. 9, published 1906, from Frühlings- und Liebeslieder, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Datura suaveolens", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Datura suaveolens

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

Je viens de voir un jeune couple, ô fleur de Diane,
S'arrêter devant toi ; ils étaient joue contre joue.
Tout deux humaient ensemble l'indicible parfum
Du large calice blanc comme neige et j'entendis un léger double ah !
«Embrasse-moi ! » dit-elle alors et au milieu du flot du nectar,
Tout en respirant ils échangeaient des baisers et des œillades.
Ô céleste puissance ! Au bonheur d'un amour terrestre
Tu as mêlé le souffle d'une divine beauté.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Datura suaveolens"
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This text was added to the website: 2020-03-03
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Word count: 74