Le vol du temps | Le temps s'est enfui dans un vol tourbillonnant

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by Sárvár-Felsővidéki gróf Széchényi Lajos (1781 - 1855)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Der Flug der Zeit

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Es floh die Zeit im Wirbelfluge
Und trug des Lebens Plan mit sich.
Wohl stürmisch war es auf dem Zuge,
Beschwerlich oft und widerlich.

So ging es fort durch alle Zonen,
Durch Kinderjahre, [Jugendglück]¹,
Durch Thäler, wo die Freuden wohnen,
Die sinnend sucht der Sehnsucht Blick.

Bis an der Freundschaft lichtem Hügel
Die Zeit nun sanfter, stiller flog,
Und endlich da die raschen Flügel
In süßer Ruh zusammenbog.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Schubert

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Note: No published source of this poem is known. Most likely Schubert received the text in manuscript form from Széchényi, the dedicatee of Schubert's op. 7.

¹ Schubert: "durch Jugendglück"

Text Authorship:

by Sárvár-Felsővidéki gróf Széchényi Lajos (1781 - 1855)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Flug der Zeit", op. 7 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, D 515 (1817?) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El volar del temps", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De vlucht van de tijd", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The Flight of Time", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le vol du temps", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 70

Le vol du temps

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

Le temps s'est enfui dans un vol tourbillonnant
Et a emporté avec lui le programme de la vie.
Ce fut tout à fait tempétueux pendant le voyage,
Souvent épuisant et déplaisant.

Ainsi il va à travers chaque âge,
À travers les années d'enfance, à travers le bonheur de la jeunesse,
À travers les vallées dans lesquelles les joies vivent,
Recherché par le regard pensif de la nostalgie.

Jusqu'à ce que sur la colline brillante de l'amitié
Le temps soit arrivé, maintenant plus doucement et plus calmement.
Et là enfin ses ailes rapides
Dans un doux repos se replient.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Sárvár-Felsővidéki gróf Széchényi Lajos (1781 - 1855)
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This text was added to the website: 2011-10-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 98