Solang die Sonne scheint in dir

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

So set its sun in thee

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

So set its sun in thee,
What day is dark to me -
What distance far,
So I the ships may see
That touch how seldomly
Thy shore?

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [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 Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "So set its sun in thee", c1935 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ronald A. Beckett , "So set its sun in thee", 2013 [ voice and piano ], from Five Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ann Marie Callaway (b. 1949), "So set its sun in thee", 1979 [ soprano, flute, piano ], from Besides this May, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ruth Morris Gray , "So set its sun in thee" [ SATB chorus ], Alfred Music Publishing [sung text not yet checked]
by Nick Peros (b. 1963), "So set its sun in thee" [sung text checked 1 time]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Solang die Sonne scheint in dir

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Solang die Sonne scheint in dir,
welch’ Tag sollt’ düster werden mir
und welche Ferne weit,
solang die Schiffe ich kann sehn
die - eine Seltenheit -
bei dir vor Anker gehn?

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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-29
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Word count: 30