Miracle de mai | Le roi de mai approche

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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920) and by Paula Dehmel (1862 - 1918)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Maiwunder

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Maikönig kommt gefahren
in seinem grüngoldnen Wagen
mit Saus und Gesinge.
Seine Zügel sind Sonnenstralen,
zwölf große blaue Schmetterlinge
ziehn ihn über Busch und Bach,
daß die weißen Blütenglocken
in seinen Locken
schwingen und springen,
und Hans kuckt ihm nach
und hört sein Lied:
Wer zieht mit? zieht mit?

Kommt das Maienweibchen,
trägt ein weißes Kleidchen,[14]
trägt ein grünes Kränzchen,
sagt zu unserm Hänschen:
Eia, Hans,
komm zum Tanz!
Einen Schritt Frau Nixe,
einen Schritt Herr Nix,
Ringeldireih, Ringeldireih,
Dienerchen,
Knix!

Confirmed with Paula Dehmel, Das liebe Nest, E. A. Seemann in Leipzig, 1919

Text Authorship:

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Maiwunder", appears in Das liebe Nest; Gesammelte Kindergedichte [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
by Paula Dehmel (1862 - 1918), "Maiwunder", appears in Das liebe Nest; Gesammelte Kindergedichte [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 Clemens von Franckenstein (1875 - 1942), "Maiwunder" [ voice and piano ], from Lieder aus einer Periode des Übergangs, no. 4, Manuscript 1897 [sung text not yet checked]
by James Martin Simon (1880 - 1944), "Maiwunder", op. 4 no. 5 (1911) [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Miracle de mai", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 81

Miracle de mai

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

Le roi de mai approche
sur sa voiture vert et or,
dans l'abondance et les chants.
Ses rênes sont les rayons du soleil,
douze grands papillons bleus
le tirent par-dessus buissons et ruisseaux,
et les blanches fleurs en clochette
dans ses cheveux
s'agitent et tressautent,
et Jean le regarde
et écoute sa chanson :
Qui vient ? qui vient?

La petite femme de mai arrive,
portant une petite robe blanche,
portant une petite couronne verte,
elle dit à notre Jeannot :
« Oh Jean,
viens danser ! »
Un pas dame ondine
un pas monsieur ondin,
En ribambelle, en ribambelle,
petit valet,
Knix !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Maiwunder", appears in Das liebe Nest; Gesammelte Kindergedichte and by Paula Dehmel (1862 - 1918), "Maiwunder", appears in Das liebe Nest; Gesammelte Kindergedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2017-03-25
Line count: 23
Word count: 99