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by Klaus Lütt

Translation © by Heidrun Beer

Da bank på mit vindu

Language: Danish (Dansk) after the Plattdeutsch

Our translations: GER

Da bank på mit vindu,
da bank du kun på,
når natten har lagt sig
på hytte og vrå,
 
Ja, bank kun på ruden,
da vågner jeg brat
og kommer så ud
i den kølige nat.
 
Så stille er haven,
og månen så blank,
og pilen, den gamle,
den knejser så rank.
 
Ved den vil vi sidde
alene vi to
og se op på himlen
og tale i ro.
 
Kun månen og natten
skal børe derpå,
og sent vil vi hjemad
til landsbyen gå.

Text Authorship:

by Klaus Lütt [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Plattdeutsch by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), "De ol Wichel", appears in Quickborn: Volksleben in Plattdeutschen Gedichten ditmarscher Mundart, in En Leederkranz = Ein Liederkranz, no. 3
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Peter Arnold Heise (1830 - 1879), "Da bank på mit vindu", published 1870 [ voice and piano ], from 3 Sange af Claus Groth, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Heidrun Beer) , "Komm, klopf' an mein Fenster", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Heidrun Beer

This text was added to the website: 2023-09-24
Line count: 20
Word count: 84

Komm, klopf' an mein Fenster

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Danish (Dansk)

Komm, klopf' an mein Fenster,
Ja, klopfe du nur,
Wenn nächtliches Dunkel
Deckt Hütte und Flur.
 
Ja, klopf an die Scheibe!
Rasch bin ich erwacht
Und komme zu dir
In die lauschige Nacht.
 
So still ist der Garten,
Der Mond ist so blank,
Empor ragt die Weide,
Die alte, so rank.
 - Die Weide, so rank.
 
Bei ihr werden sitzen
Allein wir im Kraut
Und schauen zum Himmel
Und flüstern vertraut.
 
Die Nacht und der Mond nur,
Sie hören uns zu,
Und spät gehn wir beide
Nach Hause zur Ruh.

Text Authorship:

Singable translation from Danish (Dansk) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2023 by Heidrun Beer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Klaus Lütt
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Based on:

a text in Plattdeutsch by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), "De ol Wichel", appears in Quickborn: Volksleben in Plattdeutschen Gedichten ditmarscher Mundart, in En Leederkranz = Ein Liederkranz, no. 3
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2023-09-24
Line count: 21
Word count: 89