Upon your white, slender hands | Upon your white, slender hands

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by Luise Elisabeth Bertha Koch (1875 - 1966), as Maidy Koch

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Auf deine weissen, schlanken Hände

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Auf deine weissen, schlanken Hände
Möcht' ich die müde Stirne neigen,
Wenn matt des Tages letzte Brände
Verglüh'n in sommerlichem Schweigen.

Mich führt zu Dir nicht rascher Wille,
Kein schwüles, flammendes Begehren --
Der Abend ist's, die bleiche Stille,
Die meine letzte Sehnsucht nähren.

's ist spät und mich verlangt zu schweigen.
Ich weiss, dass mich Dein Herz verstände . . .
Die müde Stirne möcht' ich neigen
Auf Deine weissen, schlanken Hände.

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Confirmed with Dämmerung. Gedichte von Maidy Koch, Dresden und Leipzig: E. Pierson's Verlag, 1900, page 57.

Text Authorship:

by Luise Elisabeth Bertha Koch (1875 - 1966), as Maidy Koch, no title, appears in Dämmerung [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 Fritz Brandt (1880 - 1949), "Auf deine weissen, schlanken Hände", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme und Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Polyhymnia [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Upon your white, slender hands", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 72

Upon your white, slender hands

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Upon your white, slender hands
I would like to lay my weary brow,
When dimly the last fires of the day
Die down in summerly silence.

I am not led to you by hasty will,
Not by sultry, flaming desire --
It is the evening, the pale quiet,
That nourish my last longing.

It is late and I long to fall silent.
I know that your heart would understand me . . .
I would like to lay my weary brow
Upon your white, slender hands.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Luise Elisabeth Bertha Koch (1875 - 1966), as Maidy Koch, no title, appears in Dämmerung
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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 85