by
Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
At last ‑‑ to be identified!
Language: English
Our translations: FRE GER
At last -- to be identified!
At last -- the Lamps upon thy side --
The rest of Life -- to see --
Past Midnight -- past the Morning Star --
Past Sunrise -- Ah, what Leagues there are
Between our feet -- and Day!
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "Resurgam", op. 66 no. 2, published 1926, from Two Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "At last, to be identified!", 1995 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Pearson Thomas (b. 1957), "At last to be identified!", from At last, to be identified, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 6
Word count: 36
Endlich ‑ um erkannt zu sein!
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Endlich - um erkannt zu sein!
Endlich - im Licht, das von dir kommt,
den Rest des Lebens - sehn -
nach Mitternacht - nach Morgenstern -
nach Sonnaufgang - ach, welcher Weg
zu gehn noch - bis zum Tag!