Estimar i viure | Verdejaven els arbres, florien les roses

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by Karl Pfleger (1866 - 1952)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Lieben und Leben

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT FRE

Es grünten die Bäume, es blühten die Rosen,
es sangen die Vöglein von Lieben und Kosen,
es flossen die Bächlein im Frühlingshauch schneller,
es glänzten die mächtigen Sterne viel heller,
die Welt war ein Herze voll jauchzender Lust,
sie schien mir ein Spiegel der eigenen Brust.

Es welken die Bäume, es welken die Rosen,
es fliehen die Vöglein mit Lieben und Kosen, 
es rinnen die Bächlein so traurig und müde,
es scheinen der Mond und die Sterne so trübe,
der Welt floh die Freude, der Frühling, die Lust!
Und so ist auch öde die eigene Brust.

Text Authorship:

by Karl Pfleger (1866 - 1952) [author's text not yet checked 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 Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Lieben und Leben", 1889-1890, from Sieben Lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Estimar i viure", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Amour et vie", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Peter Donderwinkel

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Estimar i viure

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

Verdejaven els arbres, florien les roses,
cantaven els ocells d'amor i de carícies,
en l'hàlit primaveral, corrien més de pressa els rierols,
les poderoses estrelles brillaven amb més claror,
el món era com un cor ple d'exultant voluptat,
semblava el reflex de la meva pròpia ànima.

S'assequen els arbres, es marceixen les roses,
fugen els ocells amb l'amor i les carícies,
tristos i cansats s'escolen els rierols,
la lluna i les estrelles semblen tan somorts,
del món han fugit la joia, la primavera, la voluptat!
I així també, erma ha quedat la meva ànima.

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This text was added to the website: 2013-10-09
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Word count: 94