Wachtend | Haar hand droeg een valk, zij liep op en neer

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by Johann Gustav Droysen (1808 - 1884)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Wartend

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG

Sie trug einen Falken auf ihrer Hand,
und hat ihn über den See gesandt.
     Komme du bald!
Er kam mit dem Falken wohl über den See,
und blies ins Hüfthorn vor Lust und Weh,
     Komme du bald!
Der Falk flog weit in Wald und Nacht;
vom Morgentraum ist das Fräulein erwacht.
     Komme, komme du bald!

Confirmed with Rüdiger Bliss, Pommersche Literatur: Proben und Daten, Hamburg: Pommersche Zentralverband, 1969, page 57.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Gustav Droysen (1808 - 1884), "Wartend" [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 Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Wartend", op. 9 (Zwölf Lieder [nos. 7, 10, and 12 are by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel]) no. 3 (1830) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Esperant", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Wachtend", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Waiting", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Wachtend

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Haar hand droeg een valk, zij liep op en neer,
Zij zond hem uit over 't grote meer¹,
  Jij, kom toch gauw!
Hij kwam met de valk van ver over het meer
En blies op zijn heuphoorn van vreugd' en zeer.
  Jij, kom toch gauw!
De valk vloog ver, is weggeraakt,
Uit morgendroom is het meisje ontwaakt.
  Jij, kom toch gauw!

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¹ Bij Mendelssohn in de herhaling: "over het grote meer."

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