Sur un vieux tableau | Dans un vert paysage aux fleurs d'été

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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Translation © by Catherine Beloin

Auf ein altes Bild

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE FRE ITA SPA

In grüner Landschaft Sommerflor,
Bei kühlem Wasser, Schilf, und Rohr,
Schau, wie das Knäblein Sündelos
Frei spielet auf der Jungfrau Schoß!
Und dort im Walde wonnesam,
Ach, grünet schon des Kreuzes Stamm!

Confirmed with Mörike, Eduard, Werke, Herausgegeben von Hannsludwig Geiger, Sonderausgabe der Tempel-Klassiker, Emil Vollmer Verlag, Wiesbaden, p. 106.

Text Authorship:

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Auf ein altes Bild" [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Auf ein altes Bild", 2009 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Auf ein altes Bild", op. 13 (Acht Lieder) no. 3 (1999) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Auf ein altes Bild", op. 15 (Sechs Gesänge für vierstimmigen Frauenchor a capella) no. 4 (1892), published 1892 [ women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Auf ein altes Bild", op. 11 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1868 [ low voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
by Günter Klinzing (b. 1930), "Auf ein altes Bild", published 1995 [ high voice and piano ], from Vier Gedichte zu den Jahreszeiten von Eduard Mörike, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Auf ein altes Bild", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 23 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A una imatge antiga", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "To an old picture", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Catherine Beloin) , "Sur un vieux tableau", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Sur un tableau ancien", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Su un quadro antico", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Martin Zubiria) , "A una imagen antigua", copyright © 2010, (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: 32

Sur un vieux tableau

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

Dans un vert paysage aux fleurs d'été,
à côté d'une eau fraiche, de roseaux, de joncs,
vois comme l'enfant sans péché
joue librement sur les genoux de la Vierge!
Et là dans une merveilleuse forêt,
ah, déjà pousse le bois de la croix!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Catherine Beloin, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Auf ein altes Bild"
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-10
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Word count: 43