From the edge of the forest a last greeting

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Vom Waldesrand ein letztes Winken

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Vom Waldesrand ein letztes Winken
Hinab ins sonnbeglänzte Thal --
Wann werden wir zum andernmal
Aus jenem Zauberbronnen trinken?

Der Klang von unsern warmen Worten
Er wird verwehn, so bald, so bald --
Ein Schauer faßt mich vor dem Wald
Und seinen dunklen, stillen Pforten.

Und zögernd nur mag ich mich schicken
Den heimlich düstern Weg zu gehn --
Wer allzulang ins Licht gesehn
Dem flimmert's seltsam vor den Blicken.

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Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, 13. und 14. Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1910, page 76.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), no title, appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 4. Fremdes Leben, in 4. Frühlingsmärchen, no. 5 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-10-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

From the edge of the forest a last...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

From the edge of the forest a last greeting
Down into the sun-dazzled valley --
When shall we once more drink
From that magical well?

The sound of our fervent words
Shall dissipate, so soon, so soon --
I am gripped by a shudder of horror of the wood
And its dark, silent gateways.

And only hesitatingly am I able to prepare myself
To walk the secret, ill-lit path --
Those who have looked all too long into the light
Experience a strange flickering in their eyes.

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Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), no title, appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 4. Fremdes Leben, in 4. Frühlingsmärchen, no. 5
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This text was added to the website: 2023-11-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 84