A poem and translation for Advent: “I Want to Leave These City Streets”, by Gerrit Engelke (1890 – 1918)
Ein Gedicht und Übersetzung zum Advent: Ich will heraus aus dieser Stadt, von Gerrit Engelke (1890 – 1918)
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Poems for Advent/ Adventsgedichte: December 3rd – “The Snowman on the Street”, by Robert Reinick
Published December 03, 2018A poem and translation for Advent: “The Snowman on the Street”, by Robert Reinick (1805 – 1852)
Ein Gedicht und Übersetzung zum Advent: Der Schneemann auf der Straße, von Robert Reinick (1805 – 1852)
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Poems for Advent/ Adventsgedichte: December 2nd – “It Is Advent”, by Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
Published December 02, 2018A poem and translation for Advent: “It Is Advent”, by Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (1890 – 1947)
Ein Gedicht und Übersetzung zum Advent: Es ist Advent, von Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (1890 – 1947)
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Poems for Advent/ Adventsgedichte: December 1st – “Promise”, by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Published December 01, 2018A poem and translation for Advent: “Promise”, by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874 – 1929)
Ein Gedicht und Übersetzung zum Advent: Verheißung, von Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874 – 1929)
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Two translations of Meißner’s “Die Sonne und der Wind”
Published December 02, 2017Today’s Advent Calendar entry has a catch: it already has a translation. This is an adaptation of Aesop’s fable by August Gottlieb Meißner (1753–1807).
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“Late in the Year” by Hedwig Lachmann
Published December 01, 2017There’s a terrific online German-English dictionary at LEO.org. I’m very excited that I’ve discovered a Christmas tradition of theirs: posting an online Advents-Kalender, with one poem for each of the 24 days leading up to Christmas.
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