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Es hing der Reif im Lindenbaum, Wodurch das Licht wie Silber floß; Ich sah dein Haus, wie hell im Traum Ein blitzend Feenschloß. Und offen stand das Fenster dein, Ich konnte dir ins Zimmer sehn -- Da tratst du in den Sonnenschein, Du dunkelste der Feen! Ich bebt, in seligem Genuß, So frühlingswarm und wunderbar: Da merkt ich gleich an deinem Gruß, Daß Frost und Winter war.
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Confirmed with Klaus Groth's Gesammelte Werke. Vierter Band. Plattdeutsche Erzählungen - Hochdeutsche Gedichte, Kiel und Leipzig, Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, 1893, page 174.
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- by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, appears in Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, in Erstes Fünfzig, in Klänge, no. 5, Hamburg, first published 1854 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Es hing der Reif", op. 106 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 (1888), published 1888 [voice and piano], Berlin, Simrock [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Hoarfrost was hanging", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Le givre pendait", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "De rijp hing in de lindenboom", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2016-02-08 16:42:32
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De rijp hing in de lindenboom; Het lichtte als een zilv’ren grot. ‘Ik zag jouw huis, als in een droom, Een schitt’rend feeënslot. En open stond je vensterraam; Ik kreeg daarbinnen enig zicht – Daar trad jij in het zonlicht aan, Jij fee, jij donkerst wicht! Ik beefd’ in weelde ongemeen, Zo lentewarm en in mijn sas; Toen merkt’ ik aan jouw groet meteen Dat ‘t vroor en winter was.
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- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2015 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, appears in Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, in Erstes Fünfzig, in Klänge, no. 5, Hamburg, first published 1854
Text added to the website: 2015-02-04 00:00:00
Last modified: 2015-02-04 09:36:10
Line count: 12
Word count: 70