Par Dieu, c'est déjà avril !

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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Es ist doch im April fürwahr

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Es ist doch im April fürwahr
Der Frühling weder halb noch gar;
Komm, Rosenbringer, süßer Mai,
Komm du herbei,
So weiß ich, was der Frühling sei!

- Wie aber? soll die erste Gartenpracht,
Narzissen, Primeln, Hyazinthen,
Die kaum die hellen Augen aufgemacht
Schon welken und verschwinden?
Und mit euch besonders, holde Veilchen,
Wär' es dann fürs ganze Jahr vorbei?
Lieber, lieber Mai,
Ach, so warte noch ein kleines Weilchen!

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Text Authorship:

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Das Mädchen an den Mai" [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 Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "An den Mai", op. 75 (45 Lieder für dreistimmigen Chor a capella) no. 37 (1924) [ three-part chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Fritz Franz Schieri (1922 - 2009), "Das Mädchen an den Mai", 1993 [ female voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Das Mädchen an den Mai", op. 62 no. 7 (1948-9) [ voice and piano ], from Das holde Bescheiden: Lieder und Gesänge nach Gedichten von Eduard Mörike, no. 7, Wien: Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Par Dieu, c'est déjà avril !

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

Par Dieu, c'est déjà avril !
Le printemps n'est ni à moitié ni tout à fait là ;
Viens, pourvoyeur de rose, doux mois de mai,
Approche,
Que je sache ce qu'est le printemps !

Mais quoi ? La première splendeur du jardin,
Narcisses, primevères, jacinthes
Qui viennent juste d'ouvrir leurs yeux clairs
Devraient-elles aussitôt faner et disparaître ?
Et vous surtout, délicates violettes,
En serait-il fait de vous pour le reste de l'année ?
Alors cher, cher mois de mai,
Attends encore un petit moment !

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Translations of title(s):
"An den Mai" = "Au mois de mai"
"Das Mädchen an den Mai" = "La jeune fille s'adresse au mois de mai"

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