Wake up, my love | Far away from time, you lie in your grave

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wach' auf mein Lieb

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Fernab der Zeit liegst du in deinem Grabe
Und träumst und träumst,
Mich aber jammert es der schönen Tage,
Die du versäumst.

Mit rothen Rosen kränz ich deinen Hügel --
Spürst du den Duft?
Dringt's nicht wie Sonnenglanz und Liebesodem
In deine Gruft?

Wach' auf mein Lieb! Willst du den Lenz verschlafen
Und seine Pracht?
Der kleine Vogel, den du liebst vor allen,
Singt jede Nacht.

Weiß ist mein Arm und meine Lippen brennen,
Der Ampel Licht
Blitzt wie ein Sternlein durch das Kammerfenster --
Du siehst es nicht!

Die Sehnsucht kreist mir ruhelos im Blute,
Ach, dass du kämst
Und all mein Leid und meine große Liebe
An's Herze nähmst!

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Neunte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, pages 52-53.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Wach' auf mein Lieb", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 34 [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 Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Wach' auf mein Lieb", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Wake up, my love", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Wake up, my love

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Far away from time, you lie in your grave
And dream and dream,
I, however, am sorry about the beautiful days
That you are missing.

I garland your burial mound with roses --
Do you discern the scent?
Does it, like the radiance of sunshine and the breath of love,
Penetrate your sepulchre?

Wake up, my love! Do you wish to sleep through springtime
And its splendour?
The little bird that you love best
Sings every night.

My arm is white and my lips burn,
The lamp's light
Sparkles like a star through the chamber window --
You do not see it!

Yearning circles restlessly in my blood,
Ah, that you would come
And take all my sorrow and my great love
To your heart!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Wach' auf mein Lieb", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 34
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This text was added to the website: 2023-10-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 123