To my mother | And again a day has drawn to a close

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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Meiner Mutter

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FIN

Und wieder ist ein Tag zu Ende;
er hat dir Arbeit viel gebracht.
Nun blaun am Himmel milde Sterne,
groß und voll Frieden kam die Nacht.

Da faltest du die müden Hände
und sprichst ein heisses [Nachtgebet]¹
für einen, der in Wind und Ferne
sein bisschen Glück zu suchen geht.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• Y. Kilpinen

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Confirmed with Sehnen und Suchen, Vierte Auflage, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckman & Wetter), 1905, page 109.

¹ Kilpinen: "Gebet"

Text Authorship:

by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Meiner Mutter", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Einkehr und Wende, in Daheim und draussen [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 Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Meiner Mutter", op. 76 no. 4 (1932-1933?) [ voice and piano ], from Lauluja Albert Sergelin runoihin, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To my mother", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Äidilleni", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

To my mother

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

And again a day has drawn to a close;
it brought you much labour.
Now mild stars rise bluely upon the heavens,
night came, great and full of peace.

You now fold your weary hands
And speak a fervent [nighttime prayer]¹
for one who in the wind and distance
goes to seek his little bit of fortune.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Meiner Mutter", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Einkehr und Wende, in Daheim und draussen
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This text was added to the website: 2024-07-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 58