Marguerite | Wenn dich das Glück lächeln lässt

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by Alexandre-Onesime Pradère (-Niquet)

Translation © by Linda Godry

Si le bonheur à sourire t'invite

Language: French (Français) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG ENG GER GER

Si le bonheur à sourire t'invite,
Joyeux alors, je sens un doux émoi;
Si la douleur t'accable, Marguerite,
Je pleure alors comme toi.

Comme deux fleurs sur une même tige,
Notre destin suivait le même cours;
De tes chagrins en frère je m'afflige;
Comme une soeur je t'aimerai toujours!

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Text Authorship:

by Alexandre-Onesime Pradère (-Niquet) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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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), "Marguerite", alternate title: "À une sœur", CG. 4c, published 1865. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Marguerite", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Marguerite", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) , "Marguerite", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Margarete", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 49

Marguerite

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

Wenn dich das Glück lächeln lässt,
so bin auch ich gleich voller Freude;
Wenn der Schmerz dich niederbeugt, Marguerite,
so weine ich sogleich wie du.

Wie zwei Blüten an einem Stängel,
folgt unser Schicksal demselben Weg;
deine Kümmernisse mache ich mir wie ein Bruder zu eigen;
und werde dich auf ewig lieben wie eine Schwester.

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Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2008 by Linda Godry, (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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Based on:

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This text was added to the website: 2008-04-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 55