Le contentement | Comme ici je me sens paisible et tranquille

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by Christian Felix Weisse (1726 - 1804)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Die Zufriedenheit

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE ITA NOR

Wie sanft, wie ruhig fühl' ich hier
Des Lebens Freuden ohne Sorgen!
Und sonder Ahnung leuchtet mir
Willkommen jeder Morgen.

Mein frohes, mein zufried'nes Herz
Tanzt nach der Melodie der Haine,
Und angenehm ist selbst mein Schmerz, 
Wenn ich vor Liebe weine.

Wie sehr lach' ich die Großen aus, 
Die Blutvergießer, Helden, Prinzen!
Denn mich beglückt ein kleines Haus,
Sie nicht einmal Provinzen.

Wie wüten sie nicht wider sich,
Die göttergleichen Herr'n der Erden!
Doch brauchen sie mehr Raum als ich,
Wenn sie begraben werden?

Text Authorship:

by Christian Felix Weisse (1726 - 1804) [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 Wilhelm Ferdinand Halter (1750 - 1806), "Die Zufriedenheit", published 1782 [sung text not yet checked]
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Die Zufriedenheit", K. 473 (1785) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Tevredenheid", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Contentment", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le contentement", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Accontentarsi", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Tilfredshet", 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.
Line count: 16
Word count: 85

Le contentement

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

Comme ici je me sens paisible et tranquille,
Les joies de la vie sont sans soucis !
Et sans appréhension brille
Et m'accueille chaque matin.

Mon cœur joyeux et content
Danse sur la mélodie du bosquet,
Et ma douleur elle-même est agréable
Quand je verse des larmes d'amour.

Comme je ris des grands,
De ceux qui versent le sang, des héros, des princes !
Car une petite maison me rend heureux,
Des provinces ne leur suffisent pas.

Comme ils se déchaînent les uns contre les autres,
Les seigneurs du monde semblables aux dieux !
Pourtant auront-ils besoin de plus de place que moi
Quand ils seront enterrés ?

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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-17
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Word count: 104