by
Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
I'll tell you how the Sun rose
Language: English
Our translations: FRE GER
I'll tell you how the Sun rose, -
A Ribbon at a time -
The Steeples swam in Amethyst -
The news like Squirrels ran -
The Hills untied their Bonnets,
The Bobolinks - begun -
Then I said softly to myself -
"That must have been the Sun!"
But how he set - I know not -
There seemed a purple stile
Which little Yellow boys and girls
Were climbing all the while -
Till when they reached the other side -
A Dominie in Gray
Put gently up the evening Bars,
And led the flock away.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Allyson Brown Applebaum (b. 1955), "I'll tell you how the Sun rose", published 1975 [ SA chorus and piano ], from Songs from Emily [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "How the sun rose", op. 105 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eunice Lea Kettering (b. 1906), "The sun", published 1955 [ SSA chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Snow Knowlton (1859 - 1926), "A day" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Don McAfee (b. 1935), "I'll tell you how the sun rose" [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adeline Raymond-Ward , "A day", published 1913 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 87
Je vous dirai comment le Soleil s'est...
Language: French (Français) after the English
Je vous dirai comment le Soleil s'est levé --
Un Ruban à la fois --
les Clochers nageaient dans l'Améthyste --
Les nouvelles, comme les Écureuils, couraient --
Les Collines détachaient leurs bonnets --
Les Goglus des prés -- commençaient --
Alors je me dis doucement --
« Ce devait être le Soleil » !
Mais comment il s'est couché -- je ne sais pas --
Il semblait qu'il y avait un échalier pourpre
Que des petits garçons et de filles en Jaune
Escaladaient tout le temps --
Jusqu'à ce que quand ils eurent atteint l'autre côté
Un Pasteur en Gris --
Posa doucement les barres du soir --
Et amena son troupeau --
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Translations of title(s):
"The sun" = "Le soleil"
"How the sun rose" = "Comment le soleil s'est levé"
"I'll tell you how the sun rose" = "Je vous dirai comment le Soleil s'est levé"
"A day" = "Un jour"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2017 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: 2017-01-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 99
