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by Johann Chrysostomos Senn (1795 - 1857)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Wie klag' ich's aus
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE
»Wie klag' ich's aus
Das Sterbegefühl,
Das auflösend
Durch die Glieder rinnt?

Wie sing' ich's aus
Das Werdegefühl,
Das erlösend
Dich, o Geist, anweht?«

[Es klagt', es]1 sang
Vernichtungsbang,
Verklärungsfroh,
Bis das Leben floh.

Das [ist]2 des Schwanen Gesang!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   F. Schubert 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Senn. Innsbruck, in der Wagner'schen Buchhandlung. 1838, page 15

Note: Schubert received Senn's poem in handwritten form. Senn issued it later in the book mentioned above, with the footnote In Musik gesetzt von Fr. Schubert.

1 Schubert: "Er klagt', er"
2 Schubert: "bedeutet"

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Aleksi Reunanen) , "Joutsenlaulu", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant du cygne", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 39

Chant du cygne
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
« Comment je me plains, 
du sentiment de la mort,
De la dissolution qui court 
à travers les membres ?

Comment je chante, 
le sentiment de naissance,
Le salut, ô esprit, 
qui t'attend ?

Il se lamentait, il chantait,
La peur 
de l'annihilation,
Jusqu'à ce que la vie s'envole,

C'est ce que veut dire le chant du cygne !

Text Authorship:

  • 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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This text was added to the website: 2012-11-12
Line count: 13
Word count: 57