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Auf morgen ist Sankt Valentins Tag

by Johannes Brahms From Ophelia-Lieder WoO 22

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Auf morgen ist Sankt Valentins Tag
German source: August Wilhelm von Schlegel

Auf morgen ist Sankt Valentins Tag,
Wohl an der Zeit noch früh,
Und ich, ’ne Maid, am Fensterschlag
Will sein eu’r Valentin.

Er war bereit, tät an sein Kleid,
Tät auf die Kammertür,
Liess ein die Maid, die als ’ne Maid
Ging nimmermehr herfür.

Tomorrow is St Valentine’s Day
English translation © Richard Stokes

Tomorrow is St Valentine’s Day,
So early in the day.
And I, a maid at the window,
Shall be your Valentine.

The young man was ready, put trousers on,
Opened up the chamber door,
Let in the maid who as a maid
Departed nevermore.

Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)

Auf morgen ist Sankt Valentins Tag
German source: August Wilhelm von Schlegel

Tomorrow is St Valentine’s Day
English source: Richard Stokes

Auf morgen ist Sankt Valentins Tag,
Tomorrow is St Valentine’s Day,
Wohl an der Zeit noch früh,
So early in the day.
Und ich, ’ne Maid, am Fensterschlag
And I, a maid at the window,
Will sein eu’r Valentin.
Shall be your Valentine.

Er war bereit, tät an sein Kleid,
The young man was ready, put trousers on,
Tät auf die Kammertür,
Opened up the chamber door,
Liess ein die Maid, die als ’ne Maid
Let in the maid who as a maid
Ging nimmermehr herfür.
Departed nevermore.

Composer

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna.  Brahms has been considered, by his…

Poet

August Wilhelm von Schlegel

August Wilhelm (after 1812: von) Schlegel, usually cited as August Schlegel, was a German poet, translator, critic, and a foremost leader of Jena Romanticism along with his brother Friedrich Schlegel. His translations of Shakespeare made the English…

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