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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Rechtfertigung
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Wohl geht der Jugend Sehnen
Nach manchem schönen Traum;
Mit Ungestüm und Thränen
Stürmt sie den Sternenraum.
Der Himmel hört ihr Flehen
Und lächelt gnädig: nein!
Und läßt vorübergehen
Den Wunsch Zusammt der Pein.

Wenn aber nun vom Scheine
Das Herz sich abgekehrt,
Und nur das Echte, Reine,
Das Menschliche begehrt,
Und doch mit allem Streben
Kein Ziel erreichen kann:
Da muß man wohl vergeben
Die Trauer auch dem Mann.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Rechtfertigung" [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 Ernesto Drangosch (1882 - 1925), "Rechtfertigung", op. 4 no. 1 (1906) [voice and piano], from Sechs Lieder, no. 1. [
     text not verified 
    ]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Justification", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-05-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 70

Justification
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
La jeunesse avec ses désirs
Poursuit bien de beaux rêves ;
Avec impétuosité et larmes
Elle monte à l'assaut des espaces étoilés.
Le ciel entend ses supplications
Et dans un sourire gracieux dit : non !
Et laisse passer
Les souhaits et les tourments.

Mais alors si le cœur
Se détourne des apparences,
Et désire seulement le vrai,
Le pur, l'humain,
Et malgré toutes ses ambitions
Ne peut atteindre aucun but :
Alors il faut bien pardonner
À l'homme aussi sa tristesse.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 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 Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Rechtfertigung"
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This text was added to the website: 2012-01-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

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