Come, give me your hand

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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Komm, gib mir die Hand

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Komm, gib mir die Hand, 
   auf blühenden Wegen 
gehn wir dem Glück entgegen, 
   wie Kinder im Märchenland. 

   Weiter, immer weiter . .

Bis über uns die Sterne stehn, 
   bis der Abendwind 
uns einholt über die Heide 
und Märchenschleier uns umwehn 
   von zarter dunkler Seide . . .

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Confirmed with Sehnen und Suchen, Vierte Auflage, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckman & Wetter), 1905, page 6.

Text Authorship:

by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Komm, gib mir die Hand . .", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Im Lande der Liebe, in Antoinette [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Come, give me your hand

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Come, give me your hand,
   upon blossoming pathways
we shall walk towards happiness,
   like children in fairyland.

   Farther, ever farther . .

Until the stars are standing over us,
   until the evening wind
catches us up upon the heath
and fairy-tale veils waft about us,
   veils of delicate dark silk . . .

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Translations of title(s):
"Dem Glück entgegen" = "Towards happiness"
"Komm, gib mir die Hand . ." = "Come, give me your hand"
"Liebeswunsch" = "Love's wish"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Komm, gib mir die Hand . .", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Im Lande der Liebe, in Antoinette
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-10
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