Va, délicate fleur | Va, délicate feuille, va, pauvre petite lettre !

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Geh, zartes Blatt, geh armes Brieflein...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Geh, zartes Blatt, geh armes Brieflein hin!
Geh, such' die Blume aller Lieblichkeiten!
Geh, such' mir jene hohe Königin,
Um deren Haupt sich Liebespalmen breiten.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• H. Goetz

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 45.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 94, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Richard Barth (1850 - 1923), "Geh', zartes Blatt", op. 12 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann (Gustav) Goetz (1840 - 1876), "Geh, zartes Blatt, geh armes Brieflein hin!", op. 4 no. 2 (1866), published 1869 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Rispetti: Sechs Italienische Volksgesänge, no. 2, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Go forth, delicate page", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Va, délicate fleur", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-28
Line count: 4
Word count: 25

Va, délicate fleur

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

Va, délicate feuille, va, pauvre petite lettre !
Va et cherche la fleur de toute grâce !
Va me chercher cette haute reine
Dont le front se pare des palmes de l'amour.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 94, first published 1860
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2021-01-18
Line count: 4
Word count: 30