Deux oies | Une fois une oie blanche dit à une oie blanche tout bas

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by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Zwei Gänse

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT FRE

Zur weißen Gans sprach einst vertraulich eine graue:
"Laß uns spazieren geh'n nach jener grünen Aue,
Dort tun wir beide uns im jungen Grase gütlich,
Denn in Gesellschaft [gackt es sich doch gar]¹ gemütlich."

"Nein!" sprach die weiße Gans, "Da muß ich refusieren,
Mit meinesgleichen nur geh' ich am Tag spazieren;
Vertraulichkeit mit dir gereichte mir zur Schande,
Zwar bin ich eine Gans, doch eine Gans von Stande!"

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• M. Reger

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¹ Reger: "gackert es sich gar"

Text Authorship:

by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Zwei Gänse" [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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Zwei Gänse", op. 55 (Fünfzehn Lieder) no. 8 (1901) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Zwei Gänse", op. 19 no. 5 (1894), published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Hilaria. Sechs heitere Lieder, no. 5, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Dues oques", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Deux oies", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Deux oies

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

Une fois une oie blanche dit à une oie blanche tout bas :
« Allons marcher sur ces verts pâturages,
Là nous nous régalerons toutes les deux dans l'herbe jeune,
Parce que c'est bon de caqueter en compagnie. »

« Non » dit l'oie blanche, « Je dois refuser,
Le jour, je me promène seulement avec mes égales ;
Être intime avec toi me ferait honte,
Car bien que je sois une oie, je suis une oie d'un certain niveau ! »

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Guy Laffaille, (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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Zwei Gänse"
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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-03
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Word count: 79