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Wir sind am Bach gestanden, verschlungen Hand in Hand, mit unsern stillen Augen dem Flusse zugewandt. Da kamen weiße Kinder in einem milden Schein; sie trugen schöne Kränze und drehen sich im Reihn. Sie locken und sie winken, sie flüstern tief und viel, da waren wir nur Kinder und waren mit im Spiel. Wir drehen uns und singen erst eine gute Zeit; dann fliegen wir selbander hinauf zur Ewigkeit.
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Confirmed with Nachgelassene Schriften von Walter Calé. Mit einem Vorwort von Fritz Mauthner, herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Arthur Brückmann, Dritte Auflage, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1910, page 82
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- by Walter Calé (1881 - 1904), no title, appears in Nachgelassene Schriften, in Lieder (1902-1903) [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 Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Wir sind am Bach gestanden", op. 81 (Neun Lieder) no. 9 (1917/21). [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-08-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 69
We stood at the brook hand entwined with hand, with our quiet eyes turned toward the river. White children came in a gentle glow; they wore beautiful wreaths and twirl about in the dance. They entice and they beckon, they whisper profoundly and much, then we became mere children and joined in their game. We twirl and sing for a goodly time at first; then together we fly up to eternity.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Walter Calé (1881 - 1904), no title, appears in Nachgelassene Schriften, in Lieder (1902-1903)
This text was added to the website: 2016-08-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 71