Tout est silence ! | Tout est silence ! En forêt et campagne

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by Theodor Fontane (1819 - 1898)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Alles still!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Alles still! es tanzt den Reigen
Mondenstrahl in Wald und Flur
Und darüber thront das Schweigen
Und der Winterhimmel nur.

Alles still! vergeblich lauschet
Man der Krähe heisrem Schrei.
Keiner Fichte Wipfel rauschet,
Und kein Bächlein summt vorbei.

Alles still! die Dorfeshütten
Sind wie Gräber anzusehn,
Die, von Schnee bedeckt, inmitten
Eines weiten Friedhofs stehn.

Alles still! nichts hör ich klopfen
Als mein Herze durch die Nacht -
Heiße Tränen niedertropfen
Auf die kalte Winterpracht.

Text Authorship:

by Theodor Fontane (1819 - 1898), "Alles still!" [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 Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Alles still", op. 298 no. 1 (2019), from Drei Lieder nach Theodor Fontane, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Alles still!", Lieder no. 5, published 1914 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tout est silence !", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2007-08-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 74

Tout est silence !

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

Tout est silence ! En forêt et campagne,
Le clair de lune fait la ronde,
Et par-dessus, seul règne le silence
Et le ciel d'hiver.

Tout est silence ! On guette en vain
Le cri rauque des corneilles.
Pas une cime de sapin ne bruit,
Aucun ruisseau ne chantonne.

Tout est silence ! Les cabanes du village
Sont comme des tombes
Recouvertes de neige qui se dressent
Au milieu d'un vaste cimetière.

Tout est silence ! Je n'entends rien d'autre
Que mon cœur qui bat dans la nuit ;
De chaudes larmes coulent et tombent
Sur la froide splendeur de l'hiver.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Theodor Fontane (1819 - 1898), "Alles still!"
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 96