Soupirs d'hiver | Le ciel est si brillant et si bleu

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by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Winterseufzer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Der Himmel ist so hell und blau,
O wäre ¹ die Erde grün!
Der Wind ist ² scharf, o wär' er lau!
Es schimmert der Schnee, o wär' es Thau!
O wäre ¹ die Erde grün!

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Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke des Grafen August von Platen, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta'schen Verlag, 1839, page 17.

¹ Lang: "wär'"
² Lang: "weht"

Text Authorship:

by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), "Winterseufzer", appears in Gedichte, in Romanzen und Jugendlieder, no. 22 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Winterseufzer" [ vocal trio for soprano, alto, and tenor a cappella ], from Fünf Terzette a cappella für Sopran, Alt und Tenor, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by Severin Warteresiewicz (1852 - 1923), "Winterseufzer", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 4, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Winterseufzer", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 (1838), published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Friedrich Kistner; title in English: "Winter sighs"; title in French: "Soupirs d'hiver"
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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-11
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Soupirs d'hiver

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

Le ciel est si brillant et si bleu,
Oh, si la terre était verte !
Le vent est piquant, oh, s'il était tiède !
La neige scintille, oh, si c'était de la rosée !
Oh, si la terre était verte !

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), "Winterseufzer", appears in Gedichte, in Romanzen und Jugendlieder, no. 22
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-15
Line count: 5
Word count: 37