Deux voiles | Deux voiles éclairant

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by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Zwei Segel

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CHI FRE

Zwei Segel erhellend
Die tiefblaue Bucht!
Zwei Segel sich schwellend
Zu ruhiger Flucht!

Wie eins in den Winden
Sich wölbt und bewegt,
Wird auch das Empfinden
Des andern erregt.

Begehrt eins zu hasten,
Das andre geht schnell,
Verlangt eins zu rasten,
Ruht auch sein Gesell.

Confirmed with Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Gedichte, Leipzig: H. Haessel, 1882, page 150. Appears in 5. Liebe.

Text Authorship:

by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Zwei Segel", appears in Gedichte, in 5. Liebe [author's text checked 2 times 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 Kristin De Smedt (b. 1959), "Zwei Segel", 2002 [ mixed chorus ], from Stimmungen, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Niggli (1875 - 1959), "Zwei Segel", op. 8 (Zehn Lieder) no. 3 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Zwei Segel", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]

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

CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "两个帆", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Deux voiles", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2007-04-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 45

Deux voiles

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

Deux voiles éclairant
Le bleu sombre de la baie !
Deux voiles se gonflant
Pour une fuite tranquille !

Comme l'une dans le vent,
Se courbe et s'agite,
Elle excite les sensations
De l'autre.

L'une désire se hâter
L'autre avance vite,
L'une demande une halte,
Sa compagne s'arrête aussi.

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 Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Zwei Segel", appears in Gedichte, in 5. Liebe
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This text was added to the website: 2011-10-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 47