C'est comme la moitié du royaume des cieux

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by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Blumenlied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Es ist ein halbes Himmelreich,
Wenn, Paradiesesblumen gleich,
Aus Klee die Blumen dringen;
Und wenn die Vögel silberhell
Im Garten hier, und dort am Quell,
Auf Blütenbäumen singen.

Doch holder blüht ein edles Weib,
Von Seele gut, und schön von Leib,
In frischer Jugendblüte.
Wir lassen alle Blumen stehn,
Das liebe Weibchen anzusehn,
Und freun uns ihrer Güte.

Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludewig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. Besorgt durch seine Freunde Friederich Leopold Grafen zu Stolberg und Johann Heinrich Voß. Carlsruhe, bey Christian Gottlieb Schmieder, 1784, page 152.

First published in this version edited by Voß. Hölty's original version, with the title Minnelied, is slightly different; see below.

Text Authorship:

by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Blumenlied", written 1773 [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 Gustav Blasser , "Blumenlied", op. 20 (Hölty-Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 7, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Kratochwill [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Blumenlied", D 431 (1816), published 1887 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Robert Lucas Pearsall.

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó de les flors", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Bloemenlied", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Flower song", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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C'est comme la moitié du royaume des...

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

C'est comme la moitié du royaume des cieux
Quand, pareilles aux fleurs du paradis
Les fleurs percent à travers le trèfle ;
Et lorsque les oiseaux à la voix claire et argenté
Là dans le jardin, et là-bas à la fontaine
Chantent sur les arbres à fleurs.

Pourtant une noble femme fleurit plus gracieusement,
Généreuse de cœur, belle de corps
Dans la lumineuse fleur de son âge.
Nous laissons là toutes les fleurs
Pour regarder la chère jeune femme
Et nous réjouir de ses bontés.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Blumenlied", written 1773
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This text was added to the website: 2009-10-06
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