Het is fijn | Het is fijn dat mijn lief

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by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947)

Translation © by Joost van der Linden

Einen guten Grund hat's, daß mein...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT

Einen guten Grund hat's, daß mein Liebchen
Über Alles schön und herrlich ist geraten:
Denn mit Lenztau ward getauft das Bübchen,
Mond und Sonne waren seine Paten.
Sonne setzt’ ins Aug’ ihm goldne Kerzen:
Wenn er aufschaut, glühen alle Herzen.
Und der Mond küßt’ ihm den Mund von ferne:
Wenn er lächelt, klingen alle Sterne.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ricarda Huch, zweite vermehrte Auflage, Leizig, H. Haeffel Verlag, 1908, page 254.

Text Authorship:

by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, written 1900, appears in Liebesreime, no. 56 [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 Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878 - 1941), "Einen guten Grund hat's", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5, published 1907 [ high voice and piano ], Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "Het is fijn", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2021-02-15
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Het is fijn

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Het is fijn dat mijn lief
Over alles reeds heerlijk tevreden is:
Want in de lentedauw was de kleuter gedoopt,
Maan en zon waren zijn peetouders.
De zon legde hem gouden kersen in als ogen:
Waar hij verschijnt, gloeien alle harten.
En de maand kuste hem op de mond uit de verte:
Als hij lacht klinken alle sterren.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, written 1900, appears in Liebesreime, no. 56
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This text was added to the website: 2021-03-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 58