Nous avons été tous les deux silencieux pendant un long temps

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Wir haben Beide lange Zeit geschwiegen

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE HEB

Wir haben Beide lange Zeit geschwiegen,
Auf einmal kam uns nun die Sprache wieder.
Die Engel, die herab vom Himmel fliegen,
Sie brachten nach dem Krieg den Frieden wieder.
Die Engel Gottes sind herabgeflogen,
Mit ihnen ist der Frieden eingezogen.
Die Liebesengel kamen über Nacht
Und haben Frieden meiner Brust gebracht.

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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 54.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 114, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Ha tanto tempo ch'eravamo muti", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Wir haben Beide lange Zeit geschwiegen", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "We have both been silent a long time", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "כמה זמן איבדתי", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

Nous avons été tous les deux silencieux...

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

Nous avons été tous les deux silencieux pendant un long temps,
Tout d'un coup, la parole nous est revenue.
Les anges, qui volent depuis le ciel,
Ont ramené la paix après la guerre.
Les anges de Dieu sont descendus
Et la paix est arrivée avec eux.
Les anges de l'amour sont venus dans la nuit
Et ont apporté la paix dans mon cœur.

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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. 114, first published 1860
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Ha tanto tempo ch'eravamo muti", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2010-09-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 63