Tardiness | Only wait, only wait, Christmastime

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by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Verspätung

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Warte doch, warte doch, Weihnachtszeit,
hab ja noch keine Geschenke bereit!
Mutter wird traurig sein, Mutter wird grollen,
Mutter bereitet mir Weihnachtsstollen.
Warte doch, warte doch, Weihnachtszeit,
hab ja noch keine Geschenke bereit!

Bleibst du noch einige Zeit vor der Tür,
sag ich dir vielemal danke dafür!
Werde mich rühren, werde versuchen,
etwas für Mutter auszusuchen.
Bleibst du noch einige Zeit vor der Tür,
sag ich dir vielemal danke dafür!

Warte doch, warte doch, Weihnachtszeit,
hab ja noch keine Geschenke bereit!
Mutter wird warten, Mutter wird schweigen,
will ich doch auch meine Liebe bezeigen!
Warte doch, warte doch, Weihnachtszeit,
hab ja noch keine Geschenke bereit!

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Text Authorship:

by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965) [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):

by Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (1846 - 1926), "Verspätung", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from 24 Präludien für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 13, Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Tardiness", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-08-03
Line count: 18
Word count: 105

Tardiness

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Only wait, only wait, Christmastime,
I have not got any gifts ready yet!
Mother shall be sad, Mother shall be angry,
Mother is making a Christmas stollen for me.
Only wait, only wait, Christmastime,
I have not got any gifts ready yet!
 
If you would stay a little while outside the door,
I would thank you many times for it!
I shall bestir myself, I shall try,
To choose something for Mother.
If you would stay a little while outside the door,
I would thank you many times for it!
 
Only wait, only wait, Christmastime,
I have not got any gifts ready yet!
Mother shall wait, Mother shall fall silent,
For I, too, wish to demonstrate my love [for her]!
Only wait, only wait, Christmastime,
I have not got any gifts ready yet!

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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-21
Line count: 18
Word count: 133