Prologue | Dans les galeries de tableaux

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

In Gemäldegalerien

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

In Gemäldegalerien
Siehst du oft das Bild des Manns,
Der zum Kampfe wollte ziehen,
Wohlbewehrt mit Schild und Lanz.

Doch ihn necken Amoretten,
Rauben Lanze ihm und Schwert,
Binden ihn mit Blumenketten,
Wie er auch sich mürrisch wehrt.

So, in holden Hindernissen,
Wind ich mich in Lust und Leid,
Während Andre kämpfen müssen
In dem großen Kampf der Zeit.

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Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Prolog", appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling [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 Mario van Overeem (1872 - 1946), "In Gemäldegalerien", from Neuer Frühling: 44 Lieder, no. 0 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Prologue", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-04-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

Prologue

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

Dans les galeries de tableaux
On voit souvent l'image d'un homme
Qui voulait partir à la guerre,
Armé d'un bouclier et d'une lance,

Mais à qui des amours taquins
Ont volé lance et épée,
Et l'attachent avec une chaîne de fleurs
Tandis qu'il se défend en grognant.

Ainsi, entravé d'une si gracieuse manière,
Je me roule dans le plaisir et la peine,
Tandis que d'autres doivent se battre
Dans le grand combat du temps.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Prolog", appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling
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This text was added to the website: 2011-02-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 74