by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901)
Translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904)
Little wind, blow on the hill‑top
Language: English
Little wind, blow on the hill-top, Little wind, blow down the plain; Little wind, blow up the sunshine, Little wind, blow off the rain.
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Confirmed with Under the Window. Pictures & Rhymes for Children by Kate Greenaway, London and New York, Frederick Warne & Co., page 19.
Text Authorship:
- by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, first published 1879
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Word count: 25
Weh', Windchen, weh' See original
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Our translations: ENG
Weh', Windchen, weh' Über Berg und über Thal! Weh' die Wolken vom Himmel, Dass die Sonne uns strahl'. Komm, Schäfchen, komm, Folg' nur immer meiner Hand! Sollst ein Kränzlein haben Und von Seide ein Band.
Composition:
- Set to music by Ernst Frank (1847 - 1889), "Weh', Windchen, weh'", op. 16 no. 3, published 1882 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Fünf Duette aus "Am Fenster" in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Kistner
Text Authorship:
- by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904), no title, appears in Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway
Based on:
- a text in English by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, first published 1879
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Blow, little wind, blow", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-30
Line count: 4
Word count: 19