First snowfall | From the silver-grey grounds steps

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Erster Schnee

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Aus silbergrauen Gründen tritt
Ein schlankes Reh
Im winterlichen Wald
Und prüft vorsichtig, Schritt für Schritt,
Den reinen, kühlen, frischgefallnen Schnee.
Und deiner denk' ich, zierlichste Gestalt.

Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Erster Schnee", appears in In Phantas Schloss [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 Karl Bleyle (1880 - 1969), "Erster Schnee", op. 29 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1915 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Erster Schnee" [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Walter Klopsch , "Erster Schnee", 1940-1960 [ voice and piano ], from 4 Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Erster Schnee", op. 11 no. 6 (1933-4) [sung text not yet checked]
by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Erster Schnee", Lieder no. 8, published 1914 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "First snowfall", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Première neige", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 27

First snowfall

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

From the silver-grey grounds steps
A slender deer
In the wintry forest
And, step by step, it carefully tests
The pure, cool, freshly fallen snow.
And I think of you, most graceful of forms.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Erster Schnee", appears in In Phantas Schloss
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-01
Line count: 6
Word count: 34