La Péri marche avec une allure timide | La Péri marche avec une allure timide

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by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) and by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Die Peri tritt mit schüchterner Gebärde

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT FRE ITA SPA

Tenor-Solo
 Die Peri tritt mit schüchterner Gebärde
 Vor Edens Tor,
 Im Herzen Himmelshoffnungsglück:
 Ob sich die Pforte öffnen werde,
 Sie fragt's mit stummem Liebesblick.

Der Engel
 Gern grüßen wir, die so gegangen
 Den Heldentod fürs Vaterland.
 Doch sieh, noch weicht der eh'rne Riegel nicht
 Viel heil'ger muß die Gabe sein,
 Die dich zum Tor des Lichts läßt ein!

Engel-Chor
 Viel heil'ger muß die Gabe sein,
 Die dich zum Tor des Lichts läßt ein!

Note: this text is a translation of part of Thomas Moore's Paradise and the Peri.

Text Authorship:

by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878) [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 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Die Peri tritt mit schüchterner Gebärde", op. 50 no. 10 (1843), published 1844, from Das Paradies und die Peri, no. 10, Part II; Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La Peri s’acosta amb posat humil", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La Péri marche avec une allure timide", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La Peri si avvicina timidamente", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-12-13
Line count: 15
Word count: 73

La Péri marche avec une allure timide

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

Ténor solo
 La Péri marche avec une allure timide
 Vers les portes de l'Éden,
 Le cœur plein d'espoir de bonheur céleste :
 Est-ce que les portes vont s'ouvrir,
 Demanda-t-elle avec un regard d'amour silencieux.

L'ange
 Nous accueillons volontiers celui qui est parti
 De la mort des héros pour la patrie.
 Mais vois, la barre d'airain ne  cède pas,
 Beaucoup plus sacré doit être le don
 Qui te laissera passer par la porte de la lumière !

Chœur des anges
 Beaucoup plus sacré doit être le don
 Qui te laissera passer par la porte de la lumière !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) and by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878)
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This text was added to the website: 2012-12-13
Line count: 15
Word count: 94