Guten Tag, guten Tag, Frau Gevatterin!
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Guten Tag, guten Tag, Frau Gevatterin!
Schönen Dank, gehorsame Dienerin!
Was ist das Wetter doch wunderschön!
Da kriegt man ja Lust [spazieren zu geh'n,]1
Wenn [nur nicht der Staub auf der Strasse]2 wär',
Der inkommodiert doch wirklich zu sehr!3
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Confirmed with Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, der deutsche Text von Käthe Freiligrath-Kroeker, München: Theodor Stroefers Kunstverlag, [1880], page 19.
1 Frank: "zum Spazierengeh'n!"
2 Frank: "nur der Staub auf der Straße nicht"
3 Frank adds:
Guten Tag, guten Tag, Frau Gevatterin!
Schönen Dank, gehorsame Dienerin!
Was plagt man doch mit den Mägden sich!
Ach Gott, das ist wirklich ganz fürchterlich!
Ach, das war sonst doch viel bessere Zeit,
Jetzt sind gar zu schlecht doch wirklich die Leut'!
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Good day, good day, honoured friend", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-31
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Word count: 42
Good day, good day, honoured friend
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Good day, good day, honoured friend!
Many thanks, [I am your] obedient servant!
The weather is truly beautiful!
One can quite fancy going for a walk,
If only there were not such dust on the street,
That is truly too bothersome!1
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1 Frank adds
Good day, good day, honoured friend!
Many thanks, [I am your] obedient servant!
What trouble one has with the maids!
Ah, God, that is truly quite horrible!
Ah, times used to be much better,
Now people have truly become too bad!
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This text was added to the website: 2024-09-29
Line count: 6
Word count: 42
