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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

I sing to use the waiting
Language: English 
Our translations:  GER
I sing to use the waiting, 
My bonnet but to tie, 
And shut the door unto my house; 
No more to do have I, 
  
Till, his best step approaching,
We journey to the day, 
And tell each other how we sang 
To keep the dark away.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [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 Donald Bohlen (b. 1934), "I sing to use the waiting", 1997 [ soprano, clarinet, and piano ], from Five Movements: Songs and Doubles, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Gordon Getty (b. 1933), "I sing to use the waiting" [ soprano and piano ], from The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 1 : The Pensive Spring, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Gordon Getty (b. 1933), "I sing to use the waiting " [ soprano and piano ], from The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 4 : My Feet Slip Nearer, no. 32, second setting [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Juliana Hall (b. 1958), "I sing to use the waiting", 1999, first performed 2001 [ soprano and piano ], from Paradise - 7 songs for Soprano and Piano, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ton van der Steenhoven

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

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