Le tilleul fané | Tiendras-tu ce que tu as juré

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by Sárvár-Felsővidéki gróf Széchényi Lajos (1781 - 1855)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Die abgeblühte Linde

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Wirst du halten, was du schwurst,
Wenn mir die Zeit die Locken bleicht?
Wie du über Berge fuhrst,
Eilt das Wiedersehn nicht leicht.

Änd'rung ist das Kind der Zeit,
Womit Trennung uns bedroht,
Und was die Zukunft beut,
Ist ein blässer's Lebensroth.

Sieh, die Linde blühet noch,
Als du heute von ihr gehst;
Wirst sie wieder finden, doch
Ihre Blüthen stiehlt der West.

Einsam steht sie dann, vorbei
Geht man kalt, bemerkt sie kaum.
Nur der Gärtner bleibt ihr treu,
Denn er liebt in ihr den Baum.

Note: No published source of this poem is known. Most likely Schubert received the text in manuscript form from Széchényi, the dedicatee of Schubert's op. 7.

Text Authorship:

by Sárvár-Felsővidéki gróf Széchényi Lajos (1781 - 1855) [author's text not yet checked 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die abgeblühte Linde", op. 7 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, D 514 (1817?) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El til•ler desflorit", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De uitgebloeide linde", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The faded linden", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le tilleul fané", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 87

Le tilleul fané

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

Tiendras-tu ce que tu as juré,
Quand le temps a blanchi mes boucles ?
Comme tu es parti au-dessus des montagnes,
Hâter le retour n'est pas facile.

Le changement est l'enfant du temps,
Qui avec la séparation nous menace,
Et ce que le futur offre
N'est qu'une pâle rougeur de la vie.

Regarde, le tilleul fleurit encore,
Alors qu'aujourd'hui tu le quittes ;
Tu le verras à nouveau, bien que
Ses fleurs auront été volées par le vent d'ouest.

Solitaire il se tiendra alors, devant
On passera indifférent, le remarquant à peine.
Seul le jardinier lui restera fidèle,
Car il aime l'arbre pour lui-même.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Sárvár-Felsővidéki gróf Széchényi Lajos (1781 - 1855)
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 102