And though my darling is in a foreign land

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by Julius (Ernst Wilhelm) Stinde (1841 - 1905)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Und ist mein Schatz im fremden Land

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Und ist mein Schatz im fremden Land
So soll mich das nicht kränken.
Und drückt er mir auch nicht die Hand,
So wird er an mich denken. 
Denn der den Schwalben Heimweh gab
Und Nachtigallen Lieder:  
Der führet ihn bergauf, bergab,
Der bringt ihn mir auch wieder.

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• R. Schwalm

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Confirmed with Julius (Ernst Wilhelm) Stinde, Der Liedermacher. Ein Roman aus Neu-Berlin, Berlin: Verlag von Freund & Jeckel, 1893. Appears in viertes Kapitel, page 62.

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by Julius (Ernst Wilhelm) Stinde (1841 - 1905), "Trost", appears in Der Liedermacher. Ein Roman aus Neu-Berlin [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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And though my darling is in a foreign...

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

And though my darling is in a foreign land,
That shall not aggrieve me.
And if he does not press my hand,
He nevertheless is thinking of me.
For He who gave the swallows homesickness,
And songs to the nightingale,
He leads him uphill and downhill,
And shall also bring him back to me again.

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Translations of title(s):
"Mein Schatz" = "My darling"
"Trost" = "Comfort"
"Und ist mein Schatz im fremden Land" = "And though my darling is in a foreign land"
"Vertrauen" = "Trust"
"Zuversicht" = "Confidence"

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