Des Anges, tôt le matin

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Angels, in the early morning

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

Angels, in the early morning
May be seen the Dews among,
Stooping — plucking — smiling — flying —
Do the Buds to them belong?

Angels, when the sun is hottest
May be seen the sands among,
Stooping — plucking — sighing — flying —
Parched the flowers they bear along.

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Confirmed with Dickinson, Emily, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, part two: Nature, LXIX. Boston: Little, Brown, 1924

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, written 1859 [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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Angels in the early morning", alternate title: "Angels on the sand", 1965 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2013-12-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

Des Anges, tôt le matin

Language: French (Français) after the English

Des Anges, tôt le matin
Peuvent être vus parmi les Rosées,
Se baissant -- cueillant -- souriant -- volant --
Les Boutons des fleurs leur appartiennent-ils ?

Des Anges, quand le soleil est le plus chaud,
Peuvent être vus parmi les sables,
Se baisant -- cueillant -- soupirant -- volant --
Desséchées sont les fleurs qu'ils emportent.

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, written 1859
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 48