Das Veilchen | Das Veilchen

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by Gabriello Chiabrera (1552 - 1638)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

La violetta

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER

La violetta
ch'en su l'erbetta
apre al mattin novella
di' non è cosa
tutt'odorosa
tutta leggiadra e bella?

Sì certamente
che dolcemente
elle ne spira odori
e n'empie il petto
di bel diletto
col bel de suoi colori.

Text Authorship:

by Gabriello Chiabrera (1552 - 1638), "La violetta" [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 Antonio Cifra (c1584 - 1629), "La violetta" [sung text not yet checked]
by Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "La violetta", published 1607 [ vocal trio ], from Scherzi Musicali a tre voci, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "The violet", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La violette", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Das Veilchen", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 38

Das Veilchen

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Das Veilchen,
das aus dem Grase sprießt,
erblüht am jungen Morgen --
sag, ist es nicht
ganz und gar duftend
anmutig und schön?

Ja, gewiss,
dass süß
es Düfte ausströmt
und das Gemüt
des schönen Geliebten
mit der Schönheit seiner Farben erfüllt.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Italian (Italiano) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2008 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Gabriello Chiabrera (1552 - 1638), "La violetta"
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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 41