by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

That yongë child
Language: English 
Our translations:  FRE GER
That yongë child when it gan weep
With song she lulled him asleep;
That was so sweet a melody
It passèd alle minstrelsy.
The nightingalë sang also:
Her song is hoarse and nought thereto:
Whoso attendeth to her song
And leaveth the first then doth he wrong.

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Das kleine Kind", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Ce jeune enfant", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2007-10-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 47

Ce jeune enfant
Language: French (Français)  after the English 
Ce jeune enfant quand il pleurait,
Avec un chant elle le berçait pour l'endormir ;
C'était une mélodie si douce
Qu'elle dépassait tous les ménestrels.
Le rossignol chantait aussi :
Son chant est enroué et faible devant lui :
Celui qui l'entend
Et quitte le premier chant agit mal.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2015 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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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 46