Une rose | C'était dans le sud. À la nuit. Une ruelle

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ein Rosenzweig

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Im Süden war's. Zur Nachtzeit. Eine Gasse. 
Ich trat aus deinem Haus und schloß das Tor 
und wandte noch einmal den Blick empor: 
da flog ein Zweig aus deinem Dachgelasse 

und fiel aufs Pflaster, - daß ich rasch mich bückte 
und deinen Hauch noch warm vom Munde nahm 
der schweren Rosen, deren Gruß den Gram 
der kurzen Trennung duftend überbrückte.

Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Ein Rosenzweig", appears in Melancholie [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 Berthold Goldschmidt (1903 - 1996), "Ein Rosenzweig " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Ein Rosenzweig", op. 47 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 (1909) [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Une rose", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 59

Une rose

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

C'était dans le sud. À la nuit. Une ruelle.
Je sortais de ta maison et fermais la porte
et tournais encore une fois les yeux vers le ciel :
un rameau voltigea alors de ton réduit sous les toits

et tomba sur les pavés, vite je me penchai
et sentis le souffle encore chaud de ta bouche
dans les lourdes roses dont le salut compensait le chagrin
de la brève et odorante séparation.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Ein Rosenzweig", appears in Melancholie
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This text was added to the website: 2012-09-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 72