Go past! | The sunlight comes winging through the window

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Geh' vorüber

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Das Sonnenlicht kommt durch's Fenster geflogen,
Küßt mich und lacht:
"Guten Morgen."
  "Ach, liebes Licht,
  Rufe doch nicht,
  Siehe, die Sorgen
  Schlafen ja noch!
  Willst du sie wecken,
  Daß sie mich schrecken?
  Spät erst hat sie die gütige Nacht
  Singend und schmeichelnd zur [Ruhe]¹ gebracht.
  Da hab ich geschlafen und träumte so schön:
  Von lachenden Kindern, von Sonne und Veilchen ...
  Willst du nicht noch ein zögerndes Weilchen
  An meiner Kammer vorübergehn?

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• M. von Kehler

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Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Neunte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, pages 206-207.

¹ von Kehler: "Ruh' "

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Geh vorüber!", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Nach Jahren, no. 34 [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 Marie Charlotte Henriette von Kehler (1822 - 1882), "Geh' vorüber", op. 17 (Lieder-Album. 12 Dichtungen für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 9, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Kassel, Kuprions Nachf. [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Go past!", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Passe à côté !", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-09-24
Line count: 15
Word count: 72

Go past!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The sunlight comes winging through the window,
It kisses me and laughs:
"Good morning."
  "Ah, dear light,
  Do not call out,
  For you see, my worries
  Are still sleeping!
  Do you wish to waken them
  That they might startle me?
  The gracious night only managed quite late
  To lay them to rest, with singing and cajoling.
  Then I slept and dreamt so beautifully:
  Of laughing children, of sun and violets . . .
  Could you not for a tarrying moment
  Go past my chamber?

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Geh vorüber!", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Nach Jahren, no. 34
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This text was added to the website: 2023-11-14
Line count: 15
Word count: 84