Toi, sombre langueur de mes jours

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by Wladimir, Freiherr von Hartlieb (1887 - 1951)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Lied eines Mädchens

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Du dunkle Sehnsucht meiner Tage,
Du meiner Nächte lichter Traum --
Ich blühe wie ein Frühlingsbaum
Voll Drängen, daß er Früchte trage.

Schon deckt die grünen Maienhage
Ein sonnenheller Blumensaum --
O meiner [Nächte]¹ lichter Traum,
O dunkle Sehnsucht meiner Tage!

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• J. Marx

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Confirmed with Wladimir Freiherr von Hartlieb, Die Stadt im Abend, Hugo Heller & Cie., Wien, 1910, page 50.

¹ Marx: "Sehnsucht"

Text Authorship:

by Wladimir, Freiherr von Hartlieb (1887 - 1951), "Lied eines Mädchens", appears in Die Stadt am Abend, first published 1910 [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 Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Lied eines Mädchens", 1910, published 1911 [medium voice, piano], in Lieder und Gesänge, II. Folge, Nr.4 [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Song of a maiden", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Barbara Miller , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

Toi, sombre langueur de mes jours

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

Toi, sombre langueur de mes jours,
Toi, rêve léger de mes nuits
Je fleuris comme un arbre au printemps
Plein d'élans pour qu'il porte des fruits.

Déjà les vertes haies de mai sont couvertes
D'un ourlet de fleurs claires comme le soleil.
Ô rêve léger de ma langueur,
Ô  sombre langueur de mes jours !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Wladimir, Freiherr von Hartlieb (1887 - 1951), "Lied eines Mädchens", appears in Die Stadt am Abend, first published 1910
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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 54