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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

An meine Mutter

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Siehe, von allen den Liedern nicht eines gilt dir, o Mutter!
Dich zu preisen, o glaub's, bin ich zu arm und zu reich. 
Ein noch ungesungenes Lied ruhst du mir [im]¹ Busen,
Keinem vernehmbar sonst, mich nur zu trösten bestimmt, 
Wenn sich das Herz unmutig der Welt abwendet und einsam 
Seines himmlischen Teils [bleibenden]² Frieden bedenkt.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Wetzel

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¹ ? : "am"
² Wetzel : "ewigen"

Text Authorship:

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "An meine Mutter" [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 Siegfried Fournes (1896 - 1932), "An meine Mutter", copyright © 1978 [ voice and piano ], from Gesamtausgabe der Lieder von Siegfried Fournes, no. 3, Steinkirchen : G. Fournes [sung text not yet checked]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "An meine Mutter", op. 14 (Vier Lieder für tiefere Stimme und Klavier) no. 1 (1907) [ low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by (Carl Theodor) Oskar Ulmer (1883 - 1966), "An meine Mutter", op. 41 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 (1940) [sung text not yet checked]
by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "An meine Mutter", op. 41 no. 12, published 1906, from Frühlings- und Liebeslieder, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "An meine Mutter", op. 3 no. 5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "To my mother", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À ma mère", copyright © 2020, (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: 6
Word count: 58

À ma mère

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

Vois, de tous les chants, aucun ne te convient, ô mère !
Pour te louer, ô crois-le, je suis trop pauvre ou trop riche.
Tu habites dans mon cœur comme un chant non encore chanté,
Perceptible de personne, destiné seulement à me consoler,
Quand mon cœur maussade se détourne du monde
Et seul songe à la paix qui reste dans sa céleste partie.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "An meine Mutter"
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This text was added to the website: 2020-03-03
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Word count: 62