A shy deer ran in the forest

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es lief ein scheues Reh im Walde

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Es lief ein scheues Reh im Walde,
Von ferne kam des Kuckucks Schrei,
Da strich's mit großen, stillen Augen
Auf schmalem Pfad an uns vorbei.

Wir aber schritten, wie zwei Kinder,
In selgem Staunen hinterdrein,
Durch junges Laub und Blüthenzweige
Bis tief ins Märchenland hinein.

Und wie wir uns zurückgefunden,
Wir wissen's beide heut' nicht mehr --
Es flog auf jenen schwülen Wegen
Ein Engel leuchtend vor uns her.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, 13. und 14. Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1910, page 77.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), no title, appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 4. Fremdes Leben, in 4. Frühlingsmärchen, no. 6 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-10-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 68

A shy deer ran in the forest

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A shy deer ran in the forest,
From far away came the cuckoo's call,
Then, with great, quiet eyes [the deer]
Brushed past us on the narrow path.

But like two children we strode
After it in blissful marvelling,
Through young foliage and blossom boughs
Deep into the land of fairy-tales.

And how we found our way back,
We both do not know anymore today --
Upon those sultry pathways
An angel flew shining before us.

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Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 by Sharon Krebs, (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 German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), no title, appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 4. Fremdes Leben, in 4. Frühlingsmärchen, no. 6
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This text was added to the website: 2023-11-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 75