Parabole | Il est une fontaine qui se nomme souffrance

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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Es ist ein Brunnen, der heißt Leid;

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Es ist ein Brunnen, der heißt Leid;
draus fließt die lautre Seligkeit.
Doch wer nur in den Brunnen schaut,
den graut.

Er sieht im tiefen Wasserschacht
sein lichtes Bild umrahmt von Nacht.
O trinke! da zerrinnt dein Bild:
Licht quillt.

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Text Authorship:

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Gleichnis" [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 Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Chorspruch", op. 38 no. 4 (1929) [ chorus, organ, and orchestra ], from Das Dunkle Reich, choral fantasy for soloists, organ & orchestra, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Gleichnis", op. 41 (Drei Gedichte von Richard Dehmel) no. 2, published 1918 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig : Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

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

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

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This text was added to the website: 2011-03-08
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Parabole

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

Il est une fontaine qui se nomme souffrance ;
il s'écoule d'elle une pure félicité.
Pourtant celui qui regarde au fond,
celui-là est saisi d'horreur.

Il voit au fond de ce puits empli d'eau
son image claire entourée de nuit.
Ô bois ! Alors ton image se dissoudra :
La lumière jaillira.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Gleichnis"
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This text was added to the website: 2012-11-13
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