Se is doch de stilste vun ale to Kark! Se is doch de schönste vun alle to Mark!. So weekli, so bleekli, un de Ogen so grot, So blau as en Hȩben un deep as en Sot. Wer kikt wul int Water, un denkt ni sin Deel? Wer kikt wul nan Himmel, un wünscht sik ni vȩl? Wer süht ȩr in Ogen, so blau un so fram, Un denkt ni an Engeln, un allerhand Kram?
Confirmed with Quickborn. Volksleben in plattdeutschen Gedichten ditmarscher Mundart von Klaus Groth. Mit einer wortgetreuen Übersetzung und einem Vorwort für hochdeutsche Leser unter Autorität des Verfassers herausgegeben, Fünfte vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage. Erste mit der Übersetzung. Hamburg, Perthes-Besser & Mauke, 1856, page 569.
Authorship:
- by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), "Töf mal!", appears in Quickborn: Volksleben in Plattdeutschen Gedichten ditmarscher Mundart, in Ton Schluss = Zum Schluss, no. 4 [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Benjamin Johan Feddersen (1823 - 1902) ; composed by Edvard Grieg.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Wilhelm Ernst von Winterfeld (1824 - 1888) , "Wart' mal!", appears in Quickborn. Gedichte aus dem Volksleben von Klaus Groth. Aus ditmarscher Mundart übertragen von A. v. Winterfeld, in Zum Schluß, no. 2 ; composed by Anton Rückauf, Louis Samson.
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This text was added to the website: 2021-09-19
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Word count: 75
Til Kirken hun vandrer saa stille og from. Vort Marked var øde hvis hun ikke kom. De skjønneste Øjne hos hende jeg saa, som Bølgen saa dybe, som Himlen saa blaa. Hvem ser vel i Bølgen og tænker ej lidt? Med Blikket mod Himlen gaar Ønskerne vidt. Og slumrer i Øjet det sødeste Digt, hvem tænker da ikke paa Engle og sligt.
Authorship:
- by Benjamin Johan Feddersen (1823 - 1902) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Plattdeutsch by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), "Töf mal!", appears in Quickborn: Volksleben in Plattdeutschen Gedichten ditmarscher Mundart, in Ton Schluss = Zum Schluss, no. 4
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Til Kirken hun vandrer", EG 123 (1864) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 62