Daphne, it is your rosy cheeks | Daphne, it is your rosy cheeks

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Daphne, deine Rosenwangen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE

Daphne, deine Rosenwangen
soll ich morgen wieder sehn!
Einzig du bist mein Verlangen,
Gold kann ich bei dir verschmäh'n.

Weg mit Hoheit, weg mit Schätzen,
keinen Wunsch erregt ihr mir.
Daphne nur kann mich ergötzen,
glücklich bin ich nur bei ihr.

Fürsten würden mich beneiden,
wüssten sie mein Glücke ganz.
Mein Triumph gibt höh're Freuden
als der Helden Lorbeerkranz.

Ewig, ewig uns zu lieben
bleibet uns're süße Pflicht.
Bei so feur'gen, lautern Trieben
fehlt es uns an Glücke nicht.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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):

possibly by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) or possibly by Leopold Mozart (1719 - 1787), "Daphne, deine Rosenwangen", K. 52, K. 46c, published 1768. [ sung text verified 2 times]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Daphne, o, jouw rozenwangen", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Daphne, it is your rosy cheeks", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Daphné, tes joues roses", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 79

Daphne, it is your rosy cheeks

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Daphne, it is your rosy cheeks
I am to see again tomorrow!
Only you are my desire,
I will even reject gold for you.

Off with titles, off with treasure,
they are of no interest to me.
It is only Daphne who can enthrall me,
only with her I am happy.

Princes would envy me,
if they knew about my entire happiness.
My triumph makes me happier
than the heroes' laurel wreath.

Eternal love 
is our sweet lot.
With these glowing, pure desires 
we are not missing happiness.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2007 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2007-11-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 88