Wie blinkende Perlen, ein Glimmer scheint

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by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908)

Translation © by Heidrun Beer

Det blinker med perler

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: GER

Det blinker med perler, et glimmernet 
er lagt over skoven;
skyen har netop for nylig grædt,
nu smiler månen foroven.
Fortrøst dig dog ikke til månens skin,
forvild dig ikke i skyggerne ind;
der vifter den farligste elvervind 
gennem skoven.

Text Authorship:

by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), appears in Tannhäuser, first published 1877 [author's text not yet checked 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 Peter Arnold Heise (1830 - 1879), "Det blinker med perler", 1878, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Farlige Drømme: seks digte fra Holger Drachmanns "Tannhäuser", no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Heidrun Beer) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Wie blinkende Perlen, ein Glimmer...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Danish (Dansk)

Wie blinkende Perlen, ein Glimmer scheint
im Wald wie gewoben;
Wolke hat eben noch lange geweint,
der Mond nun lächelt da oben.
Vertraue du nicht auf des Mondes Schein,
verirre dich nicht in die Schatten hinein;
noch ist der gefährliche Elfenreih'n
nicht zerstoben.

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a text in Danish (Dansk) by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), appears in Tannhäuser, first published 1877
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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 43