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So schrittest du vorüber diese Nacht, da mich die Schatten bargen deinen Blicken: im Schwarme kehrtest du von lautem Feste, und alle Straßen hallten eure Tritte, und nahtest du und lächeltest und wiegend und Wechselreden tauschend in dem Schwarme, und deine weißen Kleider blinken auf und blinken durch die Nacht und winken ferner und sinken alle und versinken dunkel, und klang ein Lachen noch und irrt' und schwand. So schrittest du vorüber diese Nacht, da mich die Schatten bargen deinen Blicken. Worauf ich tiefen Sinnes heimwärts lenkte; und alsobald -- des Schlummers harrte ich -- erhub es sich wie neben meinem Lager und war wie eine Stimme, welche klagte und klagte laut die ganze schwere Nacht.
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Confirmed with Nachgelassene Schriften von Walter Calé. Mit einem Vorwort von Fritz Mauthner, herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Arthur Brückmann, Dritte Auflage, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1910, page 131.
Text Authorship:
- by Walter Calé (1881 - 1904), no title, appears in Nachgelassene Schriften, in Bilder (1902-1903) [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 Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "So schrittest du vorüber diese Nacht", op. 81 (Neun Lieder) no. 4 (1917/21) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Thus you strode past this night", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-09-29
Line count: 17
Word count: 114
Thus you strode past this night when the shadows concealed me from your glances: in a swarm of people you returned from the loud celebration, and all the streets echoed with your steps, and you neared and smiled, and swaying and exchanging dialogue in the swarm, and your white garments shine forth and shine through the night and beckon onward and all sink and sink away darkly, and a laugh still rang out and strayed about and vanished. Thus you strode past this night when the shadows concealed me from your glances. Whereupon I wended my way homeward, pondering deeply; and immediately -- I was waiting for slumber -- something arose beside my bed and was like a voice that lamented and lamented loudly the whole burdensome night.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Walter Calé (1881 - 1904), no title, appears in Nachgelassene Schriften, in Bilder (1902-1903)
This text was added to the website: 2016-09-29
Line count: 17
Word count: 126