by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation by Louis Gallet (1835 - 1898)
Mignon
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Connais-tu le pays où dans l'immense plaine Brille comme de l'or le fruit des orangers Où sous des cieux bénis une amoureuse haleine Recueille et porte au loin le parfum des vergers? Ce pays où le jour plus radieux se lève Le connais-tu, dis-moi le connais-tu? C'est là, mon bien-aimé, que m'emporte mon rêve! C'est là, que je voudrais m'en aller avec toi! Connais-tu la maison toute blanche et posée Dans les bosquets de myrte aimés des papillons Et les champs lumineux où la fraîche rosée Sème ses diamants dans l'herbe des sillons? Ce pays où le jour plus radieux se lève Le connais-tu, dis-moi le connais-tu? C'est là, mon bien-aimé, que m'emporte mon rêve! C'est là, que je voudrais m'en aller avec toi!
Text Authorship:
- by Louis Gallet (1835 - 1898) [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mignon", written 1784, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Mignon", CG 409 (1870), published 1871 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Ladislav Quis (1846 - 1913) ; composed by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , copyright © ; composed by Ralph Shapey.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Achille Maffre de Baugé (1855 - 1912) , no title ; composed by Jules Goudareau.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) , Act I [an adaptation] and by Michel Carré (1822 - 1872) , Act I [an adaptation] ; composed by Erazm Rafal Dłuski, Ambroise Thomas.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Victor Wilder (1835 - 1892) [an adaptation] ; composed by Henri Duparc.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation (Comte de P. Perthuis ? ) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Adolf Reichel.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Théodore Toussenel (1806 - 1885) ; composed by Hippolyte Monpou.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Émile Deschamps (1791 - 1871) ; composed by Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), adapted by ? Stosberg [an adaptation] ; composed by Joseph Geissler.
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Giuseppe Zaffira (flourished 1868-1886) , "Non conosci il bel suol" [an adaptation] ; composed by Ambroise Thomas.
- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855) , "Do H(enryki Ankwiczówny). — Wezwanie do Neapolu" [an adaptation] ; composed by Stanisław Moniuszko.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803 - 1873) , no title ; composed by Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, Eduard Yulyevich Goldstein, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897) ; composed by Sergey Yevgenevich Novikov.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Mignon", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-13
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Word count: 124