À Phyllis | Phyllis, sous ces hêtres

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by Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719 - 1803)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Phillis, unter diesen Buchen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

[Phillis]¹, unter diesen Buchen
Will ich junge Veilchen suchen;
Komm, und suche sie mit mir!
[Müssen]² wir in finstern Gründen
Lange suchen, sie zu finden,
Dann so ruh' ich auch mit dir!

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Confirmed with J.W.L. Gleim's Sämmtliche Werke, Erste Originalausgabe aus des Dichters Handschriften durch Wilhelm Körte, Erste Band, Halberstadt, im Büreau für Literatur und Kunst, 1811, page 255.

¹ Hindemith: "Phyllis"
² Hindemith: "Phyllis, müssen"

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719 - 1803), "An Phillis" [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 Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "An Phyllis - Toccata ; Corrente", op. 35, Heft 1 no. 2 (1924) [ soprano and cello ], from Die Serenaden, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2005-05-16
Line count: 6
Word count: 35

À Phyllis

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

Phyllis, sous ces hêtres,
Je vais chercher des violettes fraîches ;
Viens les chercher avec moi.
Phyllis, si nous devons dans les ombres frondaisons
Chercher longtemps pour les trouver
Alors je me reposerai aussi avec toi.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 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 Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719 - 1803), "An Phillis"
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-27
Line count: 6
Word count: 35