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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Besides this May
Language: English 
Our translations:  FRE GER
Besides this May
We know
There is Another —
How fair
Our Speculations of the Foreigner!

Some know Him whom We knew —
Sweet Wonder —
A Nature be
Where Saints, and our plain going Neighbor
Keep May!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [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 Ann Marie Callaway (b. 1949), "Besides this May", 1979 [soprano, flute, piano], from Besides this May, no. 4. [
     text not verified 
    ]

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

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2016-03-29
Line count: 10
Word count: 38

À côté de mois de Mai
Language: French (Français)  after the English 
À côté de mois de Mai,
Nous savons
Qu'il y en a un Autre --
Comme sont belles
Nos Spéculations sur l'Étranger !

Certains connaisse Celui que Nous connaissons --
Douce Merveille --
Une Nature
Où les Saints et notre Voisin tout simple
Fêtent Mai !

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  • Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2016 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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Based on:

  • a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2016-04-12
Line count: 10
Word count: 41

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