Anciennes voix | Entends-tu chanter les oiseaux ?

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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Alte Laute

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ESP FRE IRI ITA

Hörst du den Vogel singen?
Siehst du den Blütenbaum?
Herz! kann dich das nicht bringen
Aus deinem bangen Traum?
 
Was hör' ich? alte Laute
Wehmüt'ger Jünglingsbrust
Der Zeit, als ich vertraute
Der Welt und ihrer Lust.
 
Die Tage sind vergangen,
Mich heilt kein Kraut der Flur;
Und aus dem Traum, dem bangen,
Weckt mich ein Engel nur.

Confirmed with: Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 69

Text Authorship:

by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Alte Laute", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte [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 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Alte Laute", op. 35 no. 12 (1840), published 1841 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte von Justinus Kerner, no. 12, Leipzig, Klemm [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Veus antigues", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Oude klanken", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Old sounds", copyright ©
ESP Esperanto (Manfred Retzlaff) , "Malnovaj sonoj", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Anciennes voix", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Sean-ghlórtha", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Vecchio liuto", copyright © 2006, (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.
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Anciennes voix

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

Entends-tu chanter les oiseaux ?
Vois-tu l'arbre en fleurs ?
Mon cœur ! Cela ne peut-il sortir
De tes rêves angoissés ?

Qu'entends-je ? Voix anciennes
D'une jeune poitrine nostalgique,
Du temps où je faisais confiance
Au monde et à ses plaisirs.

Les jours sont passés,
Il n'y a pas de remède pour me guérir,
Et de mes rêves, angoissés,
Il n'y a qu'un ange pour me réveiller.

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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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Alte Laute", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 63