Wenn der Regen durch die Gosse tropft,
bei Nacht, du liegst und horchst hinaus,
kein Mensch kann ins Haus,
du liegst allein,
allein: O käm er doch! Da klopft
es, klopft, laut -- hörst du? leise, schwach
tönt's im Uhrgehäuse nach;
dann tritt Totenstille ein.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862 - 1930), "Dann", op. 10 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Artur Schnabel (1882 - 1951), "Dann", op. 11 (Zehn Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Verlag Dreililien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Then", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Puis", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 45
When the rain drips through the gutter
at night, you lie there and listen to what's going on outside,
nobody can enter the house,
you lie alone,
alone: Oh if he would only come! Then there is a knocking,
loud knocking -- do you hear? Quietly, weakly
there is a sympathetic vibration in the casing of the clock;
then a deathly silence falls.
