Repose doucement, ma tendre vie (Schachtner, set by (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Johann Andreas Schachtner

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Ruhe sanft mein holdes Leben

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): FRE

Ruhe sanft mein holdes Leben, 
schlafe, bis dein Glück erwacht;
da, mein Bild will ich dir geben,
schau, wie freundlich es dir lacht:
ihr süssen Träume, wiegt ihn ein,
und lasset seinem Wunsch am Ende
die wollustreichen Gegenstände
zu reifer Wirklichkeit gedeihn.

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by Johann Andreas Schachtner [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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Ruhe sanft mein holdes Leben", K. 344 [soprano and orchestra], from the opera Zaide, no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Repose doucement, ma tendre vie", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 42

Repose doucement, ma tendre vie

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

Repose doucement, ma tendre vie,
dors jusqu'à ce que ton bonheur t'éveille ;
là, je veux te donner mon portrait,
regarde, comme il te sourit amicalement :
Doux rêves, bercez-le,
et laissez son souhait enfin
de choses pleines de volupté
se développer jusqu'à la réalité.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2018 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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Andreas Schachtner

This text was added to the website: 2018-01-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 45