Wenn fast die Nacht vorbei

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

When Night is almost done

Language: English

Our translations: GER GER

When Night is almost done --
And Sunrise grows so near
That we can touch the Spaces --
It's time to smooth the Hair --

And get the Dimples ready --
And wonder we could care
For that old -- faded Midnight --
That frightened -- but an Hour --

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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890 [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 Robert F. Baksa (b. 1938), "When night is almost done", published 1978 [ mezzo-soprano, piano ], from Emily Dickinson Songs, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]

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

GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , no title, copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Wenn fast die Nacht vorbei

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Wenn fast die Nacht vorbei
und Morgenlicht sich zeigt,
dass man zurecht sich finden kann,
ist’s Zeit, dass man sich kämmt,

ein erstes Lächeln übt, 
sich wundert, dass man vor
der lang verwelkten Mitternacht
eine Stund’ geschaudert hat.

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 38