À Zimmer | D'un homme je dis, s'il est bon

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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

An Zimmern

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

 Von einem Menschen sag ich, wenn der ist gut
   Und weise was bedarf er? Ist irgend eins
     Das einer Seele gnüget? ist ein Halm, ist
       Eine gereifeste Reb' auf Erden

 Gewachsen, die ihn nähre? Der Sinn ist deß
   Also. Ein Freund ist oft die Geliebte, viel
     Die Kunst. O Teurer, dir sag ich die Wahrheit.
       Dedalus Geist und des Walds ist deiner.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "An Zimmern", appears in Späteste Gedichte 1806-1843 [author's text not yet checked 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 Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "An Zimmern", from Hölderlin-Lieder: Zweiter Zyklus, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À Zimmer", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 63

À Zimmer

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

D'un homme je dis, s'il est bon
  Et sage, de quoi a-t-il besoin ? N'y a-t-il rien
    Qui ne satisfasse une âme ? est-ce un épi, est-ce
      Une vigne pleinement mûre qui sur terre

A poussé qui le nourrit ? Son esprit est
  Ainsi. Un ami est souvent la bien-aimée, très souvent
    L'art. Ô cher, à toi je dis la vérité.
      L'esprit de Dédale et de la forêt est tien.

Ernst Zimmer était un menuisier qui hébergea Hölderlin dans la tour de Tübingen où il passa la seconde moitié de sa vie.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "An Zimmern", appears in Späteste Gedichte 1806-1843
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This text was added to the website: 2017-03-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 67