During the rain | Drip more fully, more heavily on that roof there

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by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Voller, dichter tropft um's Dach da

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Voller, dichter tropft um's Dach da[,]
Tropfen süßer Regengüsse;
Meines Liebchens holde Küsse,
Mehren sich, je mehr ihr tropfet!
Tropft ihr, -- darf ich sie umfassen,
Laßt ihr's, -- will sie mich entlassen,
Himmel, werde nur nicht lichter,
Tropfen, tropfet immer dichter!

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Confirmed with Gedichte von August Kopisch, Berlin: Verlag von Duncker und Humblot, 1836, page 8.

Text Authorship:

by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Während des Regens", appears in Gedichte, in Amor, first published 1836 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Während des Regens", op. 58 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge) no. 2, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Beim Regen", op. 4 (Elf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 9, published 1895 [ high voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Tijdens de regen", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "During the rain", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pendant la pluie", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

During the rain

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Drip more fully, more heavily on that roof there,
You drops of sweet rainshowers!
My darling's tender kisses
Increase the more you drip!
As you drip, I am permitted to embrace her;
If you stop, she'll leave me.
Sky, do not become lighter,
Drops, drip even more heavily!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Während des Regens", appears in Gedichte, in Amor, first published 1836
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 48