Chanson simple | Le roi est parti marcher

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by Hugo Salus (1866 - 1929)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Einfältiges Lied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE LIT

König ist spazieren gangen,
Bloß wie ein Mensch spazieren gangen,
Ohne Szepter und ohne Kron',
Wie ein gewöhnlicher Menschensohn.

Ist ein starker Wind gekommen,
Ganz gewöhnlicher Wind gekommen,
Ohne Ahnung, wer das wär',
Fällt er über den König her.

Hat ihm den Hut vom Kopf gerissen, 
Hat ihn über's Dach geschmissen, 
Hat ihn nie mehr wiedergesehn!

Seht ihr's!
Da habt ihr's!
Das sag' ich ja!

Treiben gleich Allotria!
Es kann kein König ohne Kron', 
Wie ein gewöhnlicher Menschensohn
Unter die dummen Leute gehn!

Text Authorship:

by Hugo Salus (1866 - 1929) [author's text not yet checked 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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Einfältiges Lied", 1901, from Brettl-Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chanson simple", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Paprasta daina", copyright © 2023, (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: 18
Word count: 83

Chanson simple

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

Le roi est parti marcher
Juste comme n'importe quel homme parti pour marcher,
Sans son sceptre ni sa couronne,
Comme un être humain ordinaire.

Alors un vent fort est arrivé,
Un vent tout à fait ordinaire,
Sans soupçonner qui il était,
Il tomba sur le roi.

Il lui arracha son chapeau de sa tête,
L'envoya au-dessus du faîte du toit,
Et on ne le revit plus.

Regardez ! C'est vrai !
Je vous l'avez dit !
Moquez-vous bien !

C'est impossible pour un roi
D'aller sans sa couronne,
Comme un être humain ordinaire
Parmi les simples gens.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Guy Laffaille, (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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hugo Salus (1866 - 1929)
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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-15
Line count: 18
Word count: 93