Je veux partir sur la vaste mer | Je veux partir sur la vaste mer

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ich will hinwegziehn übers weite Wasser

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Ich will hinwegziehn übers weite Wasser,
Und Kunde, wie mir's geht, erhältst du keine.
Zum Zeichen will ich einen Stern dir lassen,
Wenn er verfinstert wird, dann, Liebste, weine!
Und wenn er ganz sich wird verdunkelt haben,
Dann weine, Kind; dann hat man mich begraben.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 60.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 125 [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 Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Ich will hinwegzieh'n über's weite Wasser ", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Kassel, Voigt [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I shall travel off over the wide waters", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je veux partir sur la vaste mer", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2020-12-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 45

Je veux partir sur la vaste mer

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

Je veux partir sur la vaste mer
Et tu ne recevras pas de mes nouvelles.
Comme signe, je te laisserai une étoile,
Quand s'assombrira, alors pleure, ma bien-aimée !
Et quand elle se sera complètement éteinte,
Alors pleure, mon enfant : on m'aura enterré.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 125
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This text was added to the website: 2021-01-18
Line count: 6
Word count: 42