Towards the end . . | Silver flakes within my hair

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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Dem Ende zu

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Silberflocken in den Haaren
und das Herze eingeschneit . .
ist der Tanz noch kaum zu Ende,
geh ich einsam-still beiseit.

All mein Singen gäb ich gerne,
all mein Fiedelklingen her,
wenn ich wo in kleinem Häuschen
friedevoll zu Hause wär.

Wenn ich wo zwei Hände wüsste,
sorglich um mein Wohl und Weh,
und zwei Lippen, die mich küssten,
eh den letzten Gang ich geh.

Confirmed with Sehnen und Suchen, Vierte Auflage, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckman & Wetter), 1905, page 83.

Text Authorship:

by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Dem Ende zu . .", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Schweifen, o Schweifen!, in Spielmannslieder [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 Philippine Schick (1893 - 1970), "Dem Ende zu", op. 40 no. 2 (1939), first performed 1940 [ tenor and piano ], from Sechs Spielmannslieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Dem Ende zu", op. 18 no. 3 (1908) [ voice and piano ], from Der Spielmann, no. 3, manuscript held in H. K. Schmid-Archiv, Landau an der Isar [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Towards the end . .", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 65

Towards the end . .

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Silver flakes within my hair
and my heart snowbound . .
when the dance is barely over,
I step to one side, solitarily silent.

I would gladly give all my singing,
all my fiddle sounds,
if I could somewhere in a small house
be peacefully at home.

If I knew of two hands somewhere
that cared for my weal and woe
and two lips that would kiss me
before I walk the last walk.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Dem Ende zu . .", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Schweifen, o Schweifen!, in Spielmannslieder
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This text was added to the website: 2024-07-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 74