Récitatif | Ô couple heureux, et heureux pour toujours

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by Gottfried, Freiherr van Swieten (1733 - 1803)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Rezitativ ‑ O glücklich Paar, und glücklich immerfort

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): FRE

URIEL:
 O glücklich Paar, und glücklich immerfort, 
 wenn falscher Wahn euch nicht verführt, 
 noch mehr zu wünschen als ihr habt, 
 und mehr zu wissen als ihr sollt!

Authorship:

by Gottfried, Freiherr van Swieten (1733 - 1803) [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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Rezitativ - O glücklich Paar, und glücklich immerfort", 1796-8 [tenor and orchestra], from the oratorio Die Schöpfung, no. 33. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Récitatif", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-02
Line count: 5
Word count: 27

Récitatif

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

URIEL:
 Ô couple heureux, et heureux pour toujours,
 si aucune vaine illusion ne vous conduit
 à souhaiter plus que vous avez
 et à savoir plus que vous devez !

Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Gottfried, Freiherr van Swieten (1733 - 1803)

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-02
Line count: 5
Word count: 29