by
Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)
Es hing der Reif im Lindenbaum
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE
Es hing der Reif im Lindenbaum,
Wodurch das Licht wie Silber floß;
Ich sah dein Haus, wie hell im Traum
Ein blitzend Feenschloß.
Und offen stand das Fenster dein,
Ich konnte dir ins Zimmer sehn --
Da tratst du in den Sonnenschein,
Du dunkelste der Feen!
Ich bebt, in seligem Genuß,
So frühlingswarm und wunderbar:
Da merkt ich gleich an deinem Gruß,
Daß Frost und Winter war.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Klaus Groth's Gesammelte Werke. Vierter Band. Plattdeutsche Erzählungen - Hochdeutsche Gedichte, Kiel und Leipzig, Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, 1893, page 174.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Penjava el gebre", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De rijp hing in de lindenboom", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Hoarfrost was hanging", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le givre pendait", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 66
Le givre pendait
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch)
Le givre pendait dans le tilleul,
À travers lui, la lumière coulait comme de l'argent.
Je voyais ta maison, aussi brillante que dans un rêve
Brille un château de fées.
Et ta fenêtre se tenait ouverte,
Je pouvais même te voir dans ta chambre -
Alors tu marchais dans l'éclat du soleil,
Toi la plus sombre des fées !
Je tremblais de plaisir bienheureux,
Si doux comme le printemps et si merveilleux :
Mais alors je réalisais
Que c'était le gel et l'hiver.
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Word count: 83