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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]1 über die Heide und Märchenschleier uns umwehn von zarter dunkler Seide . . .
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Sehnen und Suchen, Vierte Auflage, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckman & Wetter), 1905, page 6.
1 Marek: "eingeholt"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]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Rudolph Bergh (1859 - 1924), "Dem Glück entgegen", op. 34 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2, published 1911 [ voice and piano ], Köln: Tischer & Jagenberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Komm, gib mir die Hand", op. 76 no. 10 (1932-1933?) [ voice and piano ], from Lauluja Albert Sergelin runoihin, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Czesław Józef Marek (1891 - 1985), "Liebeswunsch", op. 1 no. 1 (1911) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder = Szesc pieśni, no. 1, also set in Polish (Polski) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Komm, gib mir die Hand", op. 9 (Lieder und Duette mit Begleitung des Klaviers) no. 5, published 1906 [ vocal duet with piano ], München: Dr. Heinrich Lewy ; Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Komm, gib mir die Hand", op. 91 (Vier Gesänge) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Czesław Józef Marek (1891 - 1985) , "Życzenie" ; composed by Czesław Józef Marek.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Tule, anna kätesi", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2022-04-29
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Word count: 48
Tule, anna kätesi, kukkivilla teillä me vaellamme onnea kohti, kuin lapset satumaassa. Kauemmas, aina kauemmas... Kunnes tähdet hohtavat yllämme, kunnes iltatuuli tavoittaa meidät nummella, ja ympärillemme kietoutuvat satuhunnut, jotka ovat pehmeää, tummaa silkkiä.
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Based on:
- 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
This text was added to the website: 2019-10-23
Line count: 10
Word count: 33