Le givre pendait | Le givre pendait dans le tilleul

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by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Es hing der Reif im Lindenbaum

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Es hing der Reif im Lindenbaum,
Wodurch das Licht wie Silber floß;
Ich sah dein Haus, wie hell im Traum
Ein blitzend Feenschloß.

Und offen stand das Fenster dein,
Ich konnte dir ins Zimmer sehn --
Da tratst du in den Sonnenschein,
Du dunkelste der Feen!

Ich bebt, in seligem Genuß,
So frühlingswarm und wunderbar:
Da merkt ich gleich an deinem Gruß,
Daß Frost und Winter war.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Klaus Groth's Gesammelte Werke. Vierter Band. Plattdeutsche Erzählungen - Hochdeutsche Gedichte, Kiel und Leipzig, Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, 1893, page 174.

Text Authorship:

by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, appears in Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, in Erstes Fünfzig, in Klänge, no. 5, Hamburg, first published 1854 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Es hing der Reif", op. 106 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 (1888), published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Penjava el gebre", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De rijp hing in de lindenboom", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Hoarfrost was hanging", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le givre pendait", copyright © 2010, (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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

Le givre pendait

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

Le givre pendait dans le tilleul,
À travers lui, la lumière coulait comme de l'argent.
Je voyais ta maison, aussi brillante que dans un rêve
Brille un château de fées.

Et ta fenêtre se tenait ouverte,
Je pouvais même te voir dans ta chambre -
Alors tu marchais dans l'éclat du soleil,
Toi la plus sombre des fées !

Je tremblais de plaisir bienheureux,
Si doux comme le printemps et si merveilleux :
Mais alors je réalisais
Que c'était le gel et l'hiver.

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 Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, appears in Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, in Erstes Fünfzig, in Klänge, no. 5, Hamburg, first published 1854
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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 80