Bridal procession | Young hands helped to adorn me

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Brautgang

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Junge Hände halfen mich schmücken,
Alte Lippen segneten mich,
Leise rieselt die bräutliche Schleppe
Über die blumengeschmückte Treppe,
Und der Schleier fällt über mich.

Flüsternd stehn die Leute zur Seite --
Was sie reden, höre ich nicht.
Brausend schwillt mir die Orgel entgegen,
Und wie ein goldener Gottessegen
Streift die Sonne mein blaß Gesicht.

Tausend fromme Wünsche im Herzen,
Heil'ge Scheu im kindlichen Sinn,
Kniee ich still an der seligen Pforte
Unsres Glücks, und des Priesters Worte
Hallen ernst durch die Kirche hin.

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, Fünfte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 8.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Brautgang", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 1. Aus seliger Zeit , no. 7 [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 Mathieu Neumann (1867 - 1928), "Brautgang", op. 55 no. 3, published 1904, from Aus seliger Zeit, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Bridal procession", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Cortège nuptial", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2007-07-04
Line count: 15
Word count: 82

Bridal procession

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Young hands helped to adorn me,
Old lips blessed me,
The bridal train flutters quietly
Over the steps decorated with flowers,
And the veil falls over me.

Whispering, people stand aside --
I do not hear what they say.
With a roar the organ swells toward me,
And like a golden blessing from God
The sun glides across my pale face.

With a thousand pious wishes in my heart,
With holy dread in my child-like spirit,
I kneel silently at the blessed gateway
Of our happiness, and the words of the priest
Echo solemnly through the church.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Brautgang", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 1. Aus seliger Zeit , no. 7
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This text was added to the website: 2023-11-14
Line count: 15
Word count: 96