Theresienstadt | J'erre à travers Theresienstadt

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by Ilse Weber (1903 - 1944)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt,
das Herz so schwer wie Blei.
Bis jäh meine Weg ein Ende hat,
dort knapp an der Bastei.
 
Dort bleib ich auf der Brücke stehn
und schau ins Tal hinaus:
ich möcht so gerne weiter gehn,
ich möcht so gern nach Haus!
 
Nach Haus! -- du wunderbares Wort,
du machst das Herz mir schwer.
Man nahm mir mein Zuhause fort,
nun hab ich keines mehr.
 
Ich wende mich betrübt und matt,
so schwer wird mir dabei:
Theresienstadt, Theresienstadt,
wann wohl das Leid ein Ende hat,
wann sind wir wieder frei?

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Text Authorship:

by Ilse Weber (1903 - 1944), "Theresienstadt" [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 Ilse Weber (1903 - 1944), "Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Theresienstadt", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Theresienstadt", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-21
Line count: 17
Word count: 93

Theresienstadt

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

J'erre à travers Theresienstadt,
Le cœur lourd comme du plomb.
Jusqu'à ce que mon chemin se termine,
Là-bas à côté du bastion.

Là-bas je reste sur le pont,
Et je regarde vers la vallée :
Je voudrais tant aller plus loin,
Je voudrais tant retourner à la maison !

À la maison ! -- Mots merveilleux,
Vous pesez si lourd sur mon cœur,
On m'a pris mon chez-moi,
Maintenant je n'en ai plus.

J'erre, triste et épuisée,
Tout est si lourd pour moi :
Theresienstadt, Theresienstadt,
Quand notre souffrance cessera-t-elle,
Quand serons-nous à nouveau libres ?

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This text was added to the website: 2013-07-12
Line count: 17
Word count: 90