by
Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900)
Ich wollte, daß die Nachtigall käm'
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ich wollte, daß die Nachtigall käm'
Und meine Seel' in ihr Mäulchen nähm'[,]
Bis an dein Fenster sich schwänge
Und sänge!
Nachtsüber horcht dein Herze und wacht,
Tagsüber zitterst du nach der Nacht. --
So sind deine Stunden für und für
Voll von mir!
Confirmed with Steiner, Rudolf (ed.), Ausklang. Neue Gedichte aus dem Nachlass von Ludwig Jacobowski, Minden in Westf.: J.C.C. Bruns' Verlag, 1901, page 174.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I would the nightingale would come", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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I would the nightingale would come
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
I would the nightingale would come
And would take my soul into its little mouth,
Would wing its way to your window
And sing!
All through the night your heart listens and watches,
All through the day you tremble for the night. --
Thus your hours are forever and ever
Full of me!
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900), "Ich wollte, daß die Nachtigall käm'"
This text was added to the website: 2015-05-08
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Word count: 52