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by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

O Sonne, liebe Sonne

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

O Sonne, liebe Sonne,
Verdecke deinen Pfad!
Wer kann den Glanz ermessen,
Wer kann den Glanz vergessen,
Wenn nun der Winter naht?

O Sonne, liebe Sonne,
Verdecke nun dein Licht!
Die Lieb mit ihrem Blicke,
Die Lieb mit ihrem Glücke --
Ach du erreichst sie nicht!

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Confirmed with Klaus Groth's Gesammelte Werke, Vierter Band, Plattdeutsche Erzählungen - Hochdeutsche Gedichte, Kiel und Leipzig: Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, 1893, pages 262.

Text Authorship:

by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, written 1859, appears in Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, in An meine Frau [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 Jenner (1865 - 1920), "O Sonne, liebe Sonne", op. 2 (Acht Lieder von Klaus Groth für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Oh sun, dear sun", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ô soleil, cher soleil", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-12
Line count: 10
Word count: 45

Ô soleil, cher soleil

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

Ô soleil, cher soleil,
Cache ton chemin,
Qui peut mesurer l'éclat,
Qui peut oublier l'éclat,
Quand l'hiver approche.

Ô soleil, cher soleil,
Cache maintenant ta lumière !
L'amour avec son regard,
L'amour avec son bonheur,
Ah, tu ne peux l'atteindre !

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2020 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 Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, written 1859, appears in Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, in An meine Frau
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This text was added to the website: 2020-12-17
Line count: 10
Word count: 39