Même les petites choses | Même les petites choses peuvent nous ravir/enchanter

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Aurelien Vicentini

Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE FRE

Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken,
Auch kleine Dinge können theuer sein.
Bedenkt, wie gern wir uns mit Perlen schmücken;
Sie werden schwer bezahlt und sind nur klein.
Bedenkt, wie klein ist die Olivenfrucht,
Und wird um ihre Güte doch gesucht.
Denkt an die Rose nur, wie klein sie ist,
Und duftet doch so lieblich, wie ihr wisst.

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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 52.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 109, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Le cose piccoline", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841
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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 Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "Even little things", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Aurelien Vicentini) , "Même les petites choses", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Même de petites choses", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 58

Même les petites choses

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

Même les petites choses peuvent nous ravir/enchanter,
Même les petites choses peuvent être précieuses/chères/coûteuses.
Pensez à la façon dont nous nous parons volontiers de perles;
On les paye chers, et pourtant elles sont petites.
Pensez à la petitesse du fruit de l'olivier,
Il est pourtant très recherché pour sa qualité.
Pensez seulement à la rose, comment elle est petite,
Et pourtant, les parfums qui s'en dégagent sont tellement agréables, comme vous le savez.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Aurelien Vicentini, (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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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 109, first published 1860
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Le cose piccoline", appears in Canti popolari toscani, corsi, illirici, greci, raccolti ed illustrati da Niccolò Tommaseo, Venezia, G. Tasso, first published 1841
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 73