Attente | Sur l'étang glauque

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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Erwartung

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE NOR

Aus dem meergrünen Teiche
Neben der roten Villa
Unter der toten Eiche
Scheint der Mond.

Wo ihr dunkles Abbild
Durch das Wasser greift,
Steht ein Mann und streift
Einen Ring von seiner Hand.

Drei Opale blinken;
Durch die bleichen Steine
Schwimmen rot und grüne
Funken und versinken.

Und er küßt sie, und
Seine Augen leuchten
Wie der meergrüne Grund:
Ein Fenster tut sich auf.

Aus der roten Villa
Neben der toten Eiche
Winkt ihm eine bleiche
Frauenhand.

Text Authorship:

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Erwartung" [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Erwartung", op. 2 (4 Lieder) no. 1 (1899) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Anticipation", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Attente", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Forventning", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 77

Attente

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

Sur l'étang glauque
Près de la villa rouge
Sous le chêne mort
Brille la lune.

Là où son image sombre
Affleure sur l'eau,
Il y a un homme et il ôte
Un anneau de sa main.

Trois opales scintillent ;
À travers les pierres pâles
Flottent de rouges et vertes
Étincelles avant de disparaître.

Et il les embrasse, et
Ses yeux s'éclairent
Comme les profondeurs glauques :
Une fenêtre s'ouvre.

De la villa rouge,
À côté du chêne mort
Une pâle main de femme
Lui fait un signe.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Erwartung"
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-29
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