Sur la mer | Jamais ton regard n'avait eu plus profonde force

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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Doch hatte niemals tiefere Macht dein...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Doch hatte niemals tiefere Macht dein Blick,
als du da, Abschied fühlend, still am Ufer 
standest, schwandest; nur Dein Auge
blieb und bebte über den Wassern.

Dunkel folgte der Schein den leuchtenden Furchen;
und ich sah den Schaum der tiefen Flut,
sah dein weisses Kleid zerfliessen:
du stumme Seele! --

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Text Authorship:

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Schutz", appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche, in Zur dritten Stufe: Leben und Arbeit, first published 1893 [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 Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 - 1937), "Auf See", op. 13 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Conrad Ansorge, Alexander Zemlinsky.

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FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sur la mer", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Peter Donderwinkel

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 49

Sur la mer

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

Jamais ton regard n'avait eu plus profonde force,
quand, sentant l'adieu, silencieuse sur la rive,
tu étais là, chancelante ; seuls tes yeux
restaient là, et tremblaient sur les eaux.

L'obscurité suivit la trace des sillons lumineux ;
et je vis l'écume des flots profonds,
je vis ta robe blanche disparaître :
âme muette !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Schutz", appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche, in Zur dritten Stufe: Leben und Arbeit, first published 1893
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 51