Je vis une violette à-demi sous la neige

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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Veilchen sah ich halbbeschneit

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Veilchen sah ich [halbbeschneit]¹
Zwischen Gras und Mose.
Veilchen, thust mir wahrlich leid,
Denk' ich an die Frühlingszeit
Und an manche Rose.
Veilchen aber sang mir zu :
Hoffe du, hoffe du!
Veilchen im tiefen Thal
Findet der Sonnenstrahl.

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Confirmed with Buch der Liebe von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Breslau, bei Georg Philipp Aderholz, 1836, page 77.

¹ Mikuli: "halb verschneit"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, no. 127, Breslau, bei Georg Philipp Aderholz, first published 1836 [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 Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Veilchen", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1883 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Alphonse Maurice (1856 - 1905), "Hoffe du", op. 9 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles Mikuli (1819 - 1897), "Das Veilchen", op. 27 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Je vis une violette à‑demi sous la neige

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

Je vis une violette à-demi sous la neige,
Entre herbe et mousse.
Violette, tu me fais vraiment de la peine,
Je pense aux jours de printemps
Et à certaine rose.
Mais la violette me chanta :
« Espère, espère !
Une violette au fond de la vallée
Trouve les rayons du soleil. »

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a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, no. 127, Breslau, bei Georg Philipp Aderholz, first published 1836
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This text was added to the website: 2015-04-09
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Word count: 51