Der kleinsten Biene Honigtracht

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Least Bee that brew

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

Least Bee that brew --
A Honey's Weight
The Summer multiply --
Content Her smallest fraction help
The Amber Quantity --

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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [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 Stefano Gervasoni (b. 1962), "676", 1991-2, rev. 1993-2003 [voice and chamber ensemble], from Least Bee, no. 4, Ricordi [ sung text verified 1 time]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 18

Der kleinsten Biene Honigtracht

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Der kleinsten Biene Honigtracht
vervielfacht Sommers Zeit -
froh ist sie, dass selbst kleinste Fracht
zur gold’nen Ernt’ trägt bei.

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-22
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Word count: 19