Sammetschuh | Wandern im weißen Schnee

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by Elinor Wylie (1885 - 1928)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Velvet shoes

(Sung text for setting by R. Thompson)

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Language: English

Our translations: GER

Let us walk in the white snow
  In a soundless space;
With footsteps quiet and slow,
  At a tranquil pace,
Under veils of white lace.

I shall go shod in silk,
  And you in wool,
White as white cow's milk,
  More beautiful
Than the breast of a gull.

 ... 

We shall walk in velvet shoes:
  Wherever we go
Silence will fall like dews
  On the white silence below.
We shall walk in the snow.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

Composition:

Randall Thompson

Text Authorship:

by Elinor Wylie (1885 - 1928), "Velvet shoes", appears in Nets to Catch the Wind, first published 1921

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GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Sammetschuh", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Sammetschuh

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Thompson)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Wandern im weißen Schnee 
im lautlosen Raum;
gemessenen Schritts und auf Zeh'n,
mit der Zeit im Zaum,
unter weißem Schleiertraum.

Aus Seide mein Schuh,
und wollen deiner,
weiß wie die Milch der Kuh,
schöner und feiner
als ein Möwenkleid dazu.

 ... 

Hinaus auf samtenem Schuh:
wohin ich auch geh,
wie Tau fällt die Ruh
auf stillen Schnee -
Wandeln im Schnee.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

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a text in English by Elinor Wylie (1885 - 1928), "Velvet shoes", appears in Nets to Catch the Wind, first published 1921
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