Halten am Walde im Abendschnee | Ich glaub' ich weiß, wes Wald dies sei

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by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)

Translation © by Walter A. Aue

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

(Sung text for setting by S. Barber)

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Language: English

Our translations: GER

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To see his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farm-house near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

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Composition:

Samuel Barber

Text Authorship:

by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", written 1922, appears in New Hampshire, first published 1923

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GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , "Halten am Walde im Abendschnee", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Halten am Walde im Abendschnee

(Sung text translation for setting by S. Barber)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Ich glaub' ich weiß, wes Wald dies sei,
Doch steht sein Haus nicht nebenbei;
So sieht er's nicht, bleib ich hier stehn.
(Und seinem Schnee ist's einerlei.)

Mein Pferdchen kann kein Haus hier sehn
Und kann mein Halten nicht verstehn:
Hier, zwischen eis'gem See und Wald,
Am trübsten Tag im Jahr'sgeschehn!

So schüttelt es sein Glöckchen halt,
Um mich zu fragen, Fahr'n wir bald?
Sonst kein Geräusch als Schnee ringsum
Der sanft im Winde wiederhallt.

Der Wald schweigt tief und lockend nun -
Doch ich hab' noch mein Teil zu tun
Und weit zu wandern bis zum Ruh'n,
Und weit zu wandern bis zum Ruh'n.

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a text in English by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", written 1922, appears in New Hampshire, first published 1923
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Word count: 104