Dites-moi, sur quel chemin

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by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Saget mir auf welchem pfade

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA

Saget mir auf welchem pfade
Heute sie vorüberschreite –
Dass ich aus der reichsten lade
Zarte seidenweben hole ·
Rose pflücke und viole ·
Dass ich meine wange breite ·
Schemel unter ihrer sohle.

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Confirmed with Stefan George, Die Bücher der Hirten- und Preisgedichte, der Sagen und Sänge und der hängenden Gärten. Gesamt-Ausgabe der Werke, Band 3, Berlin, 1930, page 105.

Text Authorship:

by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der hängenden Gärten [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 Clemens von Franckenstein (1875 - 1942), "Saget mir, auf welchem Pfade", op. 11 no. 1, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Weinberger [sung text not yet checked]
by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Saget mir, auf welchem pfade", op. 15 no. 5 (1908-9), from Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Digueu-me, per quin camí", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Rivelatemi per quale sentiero", copyright © 2009, (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.
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Word count: 34

Dites‑moi, sur quel chemin

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

Dites-moi, sur quel chemin
Aujourd'hui elle est allée marcher -
Que du coffre très riche
Je prenne de douces soieries,
Je cueille des roses et des violettes,
Que je tende ma joue,
Escabeau sous sa semelle.

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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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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der hängenden Gärten
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This text was added to the website: 2009-10-27
Line count: 7
Word count: 35