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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
Line count: 8
Word count: 34
Do not wander, my light, out there in the field! Your feet, your tender feet, would get too wet, too soft. All flooded are the paths there, and the bridges, so amply there did my eyes weep.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:25
Line count: 8
Word count: 38