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Nicht wandle, mein Licht, dort außen im Flurbereich! Die Füße würden dir, die zarten, zu naß, zu weich. All überströmt sind dort die Wege, die Stege dir; so überreichlich tränte dorten das Auge mir.
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Based on- a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Nicht wandle, mein Licht, dort außen", op. 52 no. 17 (1869), from Liebesliederwalzer, no. 17. [ sung text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Do not wander, my light, out there", copyright ©
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pauline Kroger) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Ma lumière, ne te promènes pas là bas dehors", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:25
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Zwerf niet, mijn licht, daar buiten in het veld, je zachte voeten zouden te nat worden, te week. Overstroomd zijn daar voor jou de wegen, de paden, zo overvloedig weende mijn oog daar tranen.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2005 by Pauline Kroger, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
Pauline Kroger. Contact: Paulinekroger (AT) cs (DOT) com
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
- a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Text added to the website: 2005-08-14 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:14
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