There is a rosebush in your garden

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by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Kommt dann eine Nacht

(Sung text for setting by D. Hofmann)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

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Kommt dann eine Nacht, und Stürme brausen um's Haus,
um dein Haus, mit den verschloßnen Toren.
Und du bäumst dich auf und willst und willst hinaus
und dir klingt's wie Wimmern in den Ohren.
Endlich bist du draußen -- und siehst den Rosenstrauch dir an --
Sieh 'sist eine Knospe aufgebrochen.
Was die Sonne nicht vermocht' in langen Wochen,
hat ein einziger Sturm getan.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 4 of the original text.

Composition:

Dorothea Hofmann

„So weit wie ein Stern“. Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Selma Merbaum

Text Authorship:

by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Der Sturm", written 1941

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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When then a night comes

(Sung text translation for setting by D. Hofmann)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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When then a night comes and storms roar around  house,
around your house with its locked gates.
And you rise up against them and want out, out,
and in your ear is the sound like a whimpering.
Finally, you are outside and you look at the rosebush --
Lo --  bud has opened.
What the sun could not achieve in many weeks,
a single storm has done.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 4 of the original text.

Translations of title(s):
"Der Sturm" = "The storm"
"Kommt dann eine Nacht" = "When then a night comes"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Der Sturm", written 1941
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This text was added to the website: 2024-06-19
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