Die Wartende | Bis dass der weisse Reif des Alters sich

by Iwa-no hime no Mikoto, Empress (flourished 4^th century)

Translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)

君が行き

Language: Japanese (日本語)

君が行き 
日長くなりぬ 
山たずね 
迎へか行かむ
待ちにか待たむ

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by Iwa-no hime no Mikoto, Empress (flourished 4^th century) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) , "Die Wartende", appears in Japanischer Frühling / Nachdichtungen Japanischer Lyrik, first published 1918 ; composed by Walter Braunfels, Elsa Ehlert-Hebermehl, Gottfried von Einem, Artur Immisch, Max Kowalski, Felix Paul Weingartner.

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Die Wartende

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the Japanese (日本語)

Bis dass der weisse Reif des Alters sich
Auf meine rabenschwarzen Haare legt.
Will ich mein ganzes langes Leben durch
Nichts weiter tun als warten, warten, warten
Auf dich, den meine ganze Seele liebt.

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• W. Braunfels • A. Immisch • F. Weingartner

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Confirmed with Hans Bethge, Japanischer Frühling. Nachdichtungen japanischer Lyrik, Leipzig, Insel Verlag, 1920, page 6.

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by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Die Wartende", appears in Japanischer Frühling / Nachdichtungen Japanischer Lyrik, first published 1911 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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a text in Japanese (日本語) by Iwa-no hime no Mikoto, Empress (flourished 4^th century)
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