Bleuets | Je les appelle bleuets, ces délicates silhouettes

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by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912)

Translation © by Stéphane Goldet, Pierre de Rosamel

Kornblumen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE FRE JPN

Kornblumen nenn ich die Gestalten,
die milden mit den blauen Augen,
die, anspruchslos in stillem Walten,
den Tau des Friedens, den sie saugen
aus ihren eigenen klaren Seelen,
mitteilen allem, dem sie nahen,
bewußtlos der Gefühlsjuwelen,
die sie von Himmelshand empfahn.
Dir wird so wohl in ihrer Nähe,
als gingst du durch ein Saatgefilde,
durch das der Hauch des Abends wehe,
voll frommen Friedens und voll Milde.

Text Authorship:

by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912) [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Kornblumen", op. 22 no. 1 (1888), published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Mädchenblumen, no. 1, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Blauets", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Korenbloemen", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Cornflowers", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Heide Wiesner) , "Bleuets", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Bleuets", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "ヤグルマギクの花", copyright © 2025, (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: 12
Word count: 67

Bleuets

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

Je les appelle bleuets, ces délicates silhouettes
aux yeux bleus
qui, discrètement et par la force de leur silence,
font partager à ceux qui les côtoient
la rosée de paix, émanation de leurs âmes pures,
inconscientes qu'elles sont des trésors de tendresse
qu'elles ont reçus de la main des dieux.
Quel bien-être près d'elles,
comme dans le blé en herbe
que caresse le souffle du soir
chargé de douceur et de paix !

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This text was added to the website: 2013-05-15
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Word count: 72