Merveille | Elle était un enfant il y a quelques jours

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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Sie war ein Kind vor wenig Tagen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Sie war ein Kind vor wenig Tagen,
Sie ist es nicht mehr, wahrlich nein!
Bald ist die Blume aufgeschlagen,
Bald hüllt sie halb sich wieder ein.
Wen kann ich um das Wunder fragen?
Wie? Oder täuscht mich holder Schein?

Sie spricht so ganz mit Kindersinne,
So fromm ist ihrer Augen Spiel;
Doch großer Dinge werd' ich inne,
Ich schau in Tiefen ohne Ziel.
Ja! Wunder sind's der süßen Minne,
Die Minne hat der Wunder viel.

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Text Authorship:

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Wunder", appears in Lieder [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 Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Sie war ein Kind", published 1832 [ voice and piano ], from Minnefahrt in neun Gesängen von L. Uhland [op. 14 ?], no. 4, München, Falter [sung text not yet checked]
by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Wunder", op. 15 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6 (1891), published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Merveille", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Merveille

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

Elle était un enfant il y a quelques jours.
Elle ne l'est plus, vraiment plus !
Tantôt la fleur est éclose,
Tantôt elle se referme à demi.
Qui puis-je interroger sur cette merveille ?
Comment ? Suis-je dupé par une gracieuse apparence ?

Elle parle tout à fait comme une enfant,
Le jeu de son regard est si fervent ;
Mais je découvre de plus grandes choses,
Je contemple des profondeurs sans fin.
Oui ! Ce sont des merveilles du doux amour,
L'amour a tant de merveilles.

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