Bonheur tardif | Il est une fleur qui jour après jour

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Spätes Glück

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Es hat ein Blümchen Tag für Tag
Sich nach dem Licht gereckt,
Die liebe Sonne fand es nicht,
War gar zu tief versteckt.

Erst, als der Sichel blanker Stahl
Die Gräser rings gemäht,
Hat's warm der Sonnenschein geküßt --
War aber viel zu spät!

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, Fünfte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 198.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Spätes Glück", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 6. Enge Gasse, no. 23 [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 Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Spätes Glück", op. 76 no. 3, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von Anna Ritter, für eine Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by Julie Schnitzler , "Spätes Glück" [ high voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimmme mit Klavier, no. 1, Köln a/Rh. : P.J. Tonger [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Late happiness", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Bonheur tardif", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2013-07-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Bonheur tardif

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

Il est une fleur qui jour après jour
Se dresse vers la lumière,
Le soleil chéri ne l'a pas trouvée,
Elle trop profondément cachée.

Mais quand le luisant acier de la faucille
Eut coupé les herbes tout autour,
La chaude lumière du soleil l'embrassa ;
Mais il était bien trop tard !

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Spätes Glück", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 6. Enge Gasse, no. 23
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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 50