Ô je voudrais quitter le monde | Et après tu pleureras sur moi

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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

O ich möcht aus der Welt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Dann weinst du um mich.
Blutbuchen schüren
Meine Träume kriegerisch.

Durch finster Gestrüpp
Muß ich
Und Gräben und Wasser.

Immer schlägt wilde Welle
An mein Herz;
Innere Feind.

O ich möchte aus der Welt!
Aber auch fern von ihr
Irr ich ein Flackerlicht

Um Gottes Grab.

Text Authorship:

by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "O ich möcht aus der Welt", appears in Die Kuppel, first published 1920 [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 Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "O ich möcht aus der Welt", op. 53 no. 16 (1990) [ alto and piano ], from Else-Zyklus I : Sechzehn Lieder mit Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler an Gottfried Benn, no. 16 [sung text not yet checked]
by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "O ich möcht aus der Welt", 1982 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ô je voudrais quitter le monde", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor] , Karl Bellenberg [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-12-12
Line count: 13
Word count: 46

Ô je voudrais quitter le monde

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

Et après tu pleureras sur moi.
Des hêtres pourpres exacerbent
Avec violence mes rêves.

Je dois traverser
Sombres fourrés
Et fossés et larmes.

La vague sauvage éclate
Sans cesse sur mon cœur ;
Ennemie intérieure.

Ô je voudrais quitter le monde !
Mais aussi, loin de lui
J'errerai comme une lumière vacillante

Autour du tombeau de Dieu.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Pierre Mathé, (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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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "O ich möcht aus der Welt", appears in Die Kuppel, first published 1920
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This text was added to the website: 2012-12-12
Line count: 13
Word count: 55