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O alter Duft aus Märchenzeit, Berauschest wieder meine Sinne; Ein närrisch Heer von Schelmerein Durchschwirrt die leichte Luft. Ein glückhaft Wünschen macht mich froh Nach Freuden, die ich lang verachtet: O alter Duft aus Märchenzeit, Berauschest wieder mich! All meinen Unmut gab ich preis; Aus meinem sonnumrahmten Fenster Beschau ich frei die liebe Welt Und träum hinaus in selge Weiten... O alter Duft - aus Märchenzeit!
Authorship
Based on- a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Parfums de Bergame", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "O alter Duft", op. 21 no. 21 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 21. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , title 1: "Å gamle dåm", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , title 1: "O sweet fragrance", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "O antico profumo", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (汉语 / 漢語) (Yen-Chiang Che) , title 1: "哦 古老的香味", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Ô vieux parfum", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 66
Ô vieux parfum du temps des contes, Enivre à nouveau mes sens : Une troupe folle de diableries Tourne dans l'air léger. Un désir heureux me rend joyeux Vers des joies que j'ai longtemps méprisées : Ô vieux parfum du temps des contes, Enivre à nouveau mes sens ! Toute ma mauvaise humeur a disparu, De ma fenêtre ensoleillée, Je contemple librement le cher monde Et je rêve au delà à de bienheureux mondes... Ô vieux parfum -- du temps des contes !
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 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 Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Albert Kayenberg (1860 - 1929), as Albert Giraud, "Parfums de Bergame", appears in Pierrot lunaire, first published 1884
This text was added to the website: 2012-04-17
Line count: 13
Word count: 82