Ich konnt’s nicht trinken, Lieb

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

I could not drink it, Sweet

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

I could not drink it, Sweet,
Till You have tasted first,
Though cooler than the Water was
The Thoughtfulness of Thirst.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• C. Culpo

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [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 Christopher Culpo (b. 1960), "I could not drink it, Sweet", from Emilygrams, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Ich konnt’s nicht trinken, Lieb

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Ich konnt’s nicht trinken, Lieb,
eh’ du’s zuerst getan -
noch kühler als das Wasser war
schon der Gedank’ daran.

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-13
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Word count: 19