Forêt onirique | L'œil de l'oiseau se ferme ;

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Traumwald

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT FRE

Des Vogels Aug verschleiert sich;
Er sinkt in Schlaf auf seinem Baum.
Der Wald verwandelt sich in Traum
Und wird so tief und feierlich.

Der Mond, der stille, steigt empor:
Die kleine Kehle zwitschert matt.
Im ganzen Walde schwingt kein Blatt.
Fern läutet, fern, der Sterne Chor.

Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Traumwald", appears in Melancholie [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 Henk Bijvanck (1909 - 1969), "Traumwald", 1967 [ mezzo-alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Traumwald", op. 13 no. 4 (1917/19), first performed 1919 [ mezzo-soprano and string quartet ], from Melancholie, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wilhelm Petersen (1890 - 1957), "Traumwald", op. 41 (Vier Lieder) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Bosc de somni", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Forêt onirique", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Forêt onirique

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

L'œil de l'oiseau se ferme ;
Sur son arbre il plonge dans le sommeil.
En rêve la forêt se métamorphose
Et devient profonde et solennelle.

La lune, silencieuse, se lève
La petite gorge gazouille faiblement.
De toute la forêt, aucune feuille ne vibre.
Loin, loin, on entend le chœur des étoiles.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Pierre Mathé, (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 Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Traumwald", appears in Melancholie
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This text was added to the website: 2011-07-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 50