Dann
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Wenn der Regen durch die Gosse tropft,
bei Nacht, du liegst und horchst hinaus,
kein Mensch kann ins Haus,
du liegst allein,
allein: O käm er doch! Da klopft
es, klopft, laut -- hörst du? leise, schwach
tönt's im Uhrgehäuse nach;
dann tritt Totenstille ein.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862 - 1930), "Dann", op. 10 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Artur Schnabel (1882 - 1951), "Dann", op. 11 (Zehn Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Verlag Dreililien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Then", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Puis", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 45
Then
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
When the rain drips through the gutter
at night, you lie there and listen to what's going on outside,
nobody can enter the house,
you lie alone,
alone: Oh if he would only come! Then there is a knocking,
loud knocking -- do you hear? Quietly, weakly
there is a sympathetic vibration in the casing of the clock;
then a deathly silence falls.
Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 62