A bright cloudlet still sails in the blue

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ein lichtes Wölkchen segelt noch im Blau

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ein lichtes Wölkchen segelt noch im Blau,
Ein friedevoller, leuchtender Gedanke,
Der in dem Kampf des Tages Sieger blieb.

So wandelst du, da mir der Abend sinkt,
In deiner Jugend ew'gem Glanz vorüber
Und schaust mich lächelnd an, mein todtes Lieb.

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Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Neunte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 43.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Lichtbild", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 25 [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 Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), "Ein lichtes Wölkchen segelt noch im Blau", published 1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder von Anna Ritter für eine Mittelstimme (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig: Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-05-28
Line count: 6
Word count: 41

A bright cloudlet still sails in the...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A bright cloudlet still sails in the blue,
A peaceful, shining thought
That remained victorious in the battle of the day.

Thus you walk as evening falls for me,
Walk past in the eternal radiance of your youth
And look at me smilingly, my dead love.

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Translations of title(s):
"Ein lichtes Wölkchen segelt noch im Blau" = "A bright cloudlet still sails in the blue"
"Lichtbild" = "Image of light"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Lichtbild", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 25
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This text was added to the website: 2023-10-09
Line count: 6
Word count: 46