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Wenn dein Mütterlein tritt zur Tür herein, Und den Kopf ich drehe, ihr entgegen sehe, Fällt auf ihr Gesicht erst der Blick mir nicht, Sondern auf die Stelle, näher nach der Schwelle, Dort, wo würde dein lieb Gesichten sein, Wenn du freudenhelle trätest mit herein, Wie sonst, mein Töchterlein. Wenn dein Mütterlein tritt zur Tür herein, Mit der Kerze Schimmer, ist es mir, als immer Kämst du mit herein, huschtest hinterdrein, Als wie sonst ins Zimmer! O du, des Vaters Zelle, Ach, zu schnell erloschner Freudenschein!
Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), appears in Kindertodtenlieder, in Krankheit und Tod [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), "Wenn dein Mütterlein", 1902, from Kindertotenlieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Barrington Somers Pheloung (b. 1954), "Wenn dein Mütterlein" [ soprano and harp ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Quan la teva mare", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "When your mother steps into the doorway", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (David Paley) , "When your mother dear", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Quando la tua mamma", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Tavo mamai tik", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Når din mor", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POL Polish (Polski) (Alicja Istigniejew) , "Kiedy twoja mama", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Paulo Albuquerque de Noronha) , "Quando tua mãezinha", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elena María Accinelli) , "Cuando tu madre entra por la puerta", copyright © 2005, (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: 23
Word count: 86
When your mother steps into the doorway and I turn my head to see her, my gaze does not alight first on her face, but on the place nearer to the threshhold; there, where your dear face would be when you would step in with bright joy, as you used to, my little daughter. When your mother steps into the doorway with the gleam of a candle, it always seems to me as if you came in as well, slipping in behind her, just as you used to come into the room! O you, a father's cell, alas! too quickly you extinguish the gleam of joy!
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), appears in Kindertodtenlieder, in Krankheit und Tod
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 23
Word count: 106