And should you never fold your hands

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by Albert Träger (1830 - 1912)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Und würdest nie die Hand du falten

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Und würdest nie die Hand du falten,
Daß betend sie zum Himmel fleht,
Stets wird er segnend ob dir walten:
Du bist ja selber ein Gebet.

Und wirst auch keinen Laut Du singen,
Der Lorbeer, den die Dichtung flicht,
Wird Deine schöne Stirn umschlingen,
Du bist ja selber ein Gedicht.

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Confirmed with Europa. Chronik der gebildeten Welt für das Jahr 1862, Nr. 3, Leipzig: Verlag von Carl B. Lorck, page 94.

Text Authorship:

by Albert Träger (1830 - 1912), "Gebet, Gedicht", first published <<1862 [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 Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Und würdest nie die Hand du falten", op. 12 no. 2, published 1869 [ voice and piano ], from Lenz und Liebe. Eine Liederreihe, no. 2, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Und würdest nie die Hand du falten", op. 34 no. 3, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Licht [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Brigitta Grünbauer

This text was added to the website: 2010-07-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 50

And should you never fold your hands

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

And should you never fold your hands
That they plead in prayer to Heaven,
Heaven would ever cast blessings upon you:
For you are yourself a prayer.

And if you never sing a single note,
The laurel wreath that poetry twines
Shall encircle your lovely brow:
For you are yourself a poem.

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Translations of title(s):
"Gebet, Gedicht" = "Prayer, poem"
"Und würdest nie die Hand du falten" = "And should you never fold your hands"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Träger (1830 - 1912), "Gebet, Gedicht", first published <<1862
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This text was added to the website: 2022-06-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 52