2.Dort an dem Klippenhang,Robin Adair!Rief ich oft still und bang:„Robin Adair!Fort von dem wilden Meer!Falsch ist es, liebeleer.Macht nur das Herze schwer.Robin Adair!“3.Mancher wohl warb um mich,Robin Adair!Treu aber liebt’ ich dich,Robin Adair!Mögen sie and’re frei’n,Ich will nur dir alleinLeben und Liebe weih’n,Robin Adair!There are several English versions written for the old Irish air "Eileen Aroon," all having"Robin Adair"as the refrain. The German version by some unknown poet of the first quarter of the present century, possesses all the charming simplicity and dramatic directness of the„Volkslied“of earlier times. Though adapted to the same air and with the same refrain, its contents are altogether original.—Of the different English versions, the following comes nearest the German wording, and may therefore be used in translating:Come to my heart again,Robin Adair!Never to part again,Robin Adair!And if you still are true,I will be constant, too,And will wed none but you,Robin Adair!19-2.doch.Cf. Page 10, Note 11.19-3.„Ännchen von Tharau,“a popular song by Simon Dach, a native of East Prussia (1605-1659), made known to English readers through Longfellow’s translation: „Annie of Tharaw.“19-4.schlahnand (in the following verse)stahn(Sambian, i.e. East Prussian dialect) forschlagenandstehen.Page 20.—20-1.Verkno´tigung.—Longfellow renders the fifth strophe:Oppression and sickness and sorrow and pain,Shall be to our true love aslinks to the chain.20-2.die Hitsche, "foot-stool," (students’ slang) fordas Katheder,professor’s chairordesk.20-3.er, refers toAusdruck.20-4.das Volkslied(sing., collectively), for pl.,„Volkslieder“.20-5.hier, i.e. in the Alpine districts of Bavaria, Austria, and Tyrol whose people, old and young, for ages have been noted for their remarkable skill of giving vent, extempore, to their feelings in the form of„Schna´derhüpfel“(lit., reapers [= country-people’s] dancing-songs) or "Tyrolese ditties." They have all the same rhythm, are sung to the accompaniment of the cithern, the favorite musical instrument of the mountaineers, and recite in verse, more or less rude, the interests of mountain-life, such as the adventures of lovers, and the mysteries of fairyland, etc.20-6.singt’s!(Alpine dialect) =singt!—einmal(indef., persuasivly),just sing! won’t you?20-7.einen Steirer,a Styrian country-dance—a musical recitative accompanied by the cithern and set to a tune sufficiently rhythmical to act as one of the original purposes of a ballad, namely a dance tune.20-8.zahlt, here =muß zahlenorhat zu zahlen.20-9.einen Zwanziger Münz,a 20-kreutzer-piece(also calledein Kopfstück), equal to 10 American cents, trans.a dime.20-10. Dialect. =„das würde schon ganz recht(orgut)sein.“20-11.wie es Euch ums Herz(orzu Mut)ist,cf. Page 4, Note 2.Page 21.—21-1.einen Herzog-Maxländler,a country-dance tune, named after the popularDuke MaxJoseph of Bavaria, the father of the lamented Empress Elisabeth of Austria, whose recent assassination (September 10, 1898) in Geneva (Switzerland) startled the whole world.21-2.in optima forma(Lat. phrase),in the best possible mannerormasterly.21-3.mit dem Gemsbarte(am Hut),cf. Page 5, Note 1.21-4.mitden Armen, omit the preposition in English.21-5.man, best to be rendered by changing to passive with the relat. pron. as subject.21-6.es(indef.), here =eine Stimmeorder Gesang.21-7. Dialect. =Und zwei Blätter und zwei BlumenUnd eine Rebe um einen Stamm,Und was einander(dat.)bestimmt ist,Das find’t sich auch zusamm’.21-8.was—das(neuter, correlative), idiom, for masc. and fem. pl. =die, welche,those who.21-9.a(dialect.) = (1)ein, eine, ein, and (2)auch; here = ?21-10.schalltees(cf. Note 6, above),another voice was heard.21-11. Dialect. =Behüt dich Gott, mein kleines (liebes) Mädchen,Es muß ja so sein,Mein Leben gehört dem Kaiser,Mein Herz gehört dein!Und mein Herz, das laß ichDaheim in deinem Haus,Sonst träf’s vielleicht eine Kugel,Und die Lieb’ ränn’ (flösse) all heraus!21-12.es(introductory or grammatical subject),cf. Page 16, Note 9.Page 22.—22-1. Dialect. =Seid gescheit! Seid gescheit!Nicht in alles gleich hinein!Es sitzt oft ein FuchsIn einer Pelzkappe drein (drin)!The meaning is: Do not hurry in matters of love, for appearances are often deceitful, and what at first glance looks like a smooth and comfortable fur-cap (or fur-coat) may after all prove the hiding-place of a cunning fox; a simile taken from the old mountaineer’s sphere of observation (cp. the biblical phrase "a ravening wolf in sheep’s clothing").22-2.ja(adverb. idiom),why, you know!oryou must know.22-3.für’sGeld, in English without article.22-4.wohl(adverb. idiom),sure enough;it is true.22-5.guter Dinge sein(a phrase with adverbial genit. of manner or quality),to be of good cheerorin high spirits("in high feather").22-6.nahm sich auf die Seite, trans.,called to his side.22-7.es(indef.), here for (the contents of)pans and pots.22-8.dafür, daß er nicht singen könne(lit., for this that he could not sing),for his being unable to sing.22-9.spielte(obj.die Zitherbeing implied).22-10.es geht was(=etwas)drauf(colloq. phrase),considerable money is spent, orbusiness is booming.22-11.was thut’s?(colloq. phrase),what does it matter?Page 23.—23-1.machen(in colloquial language used as substitute for almost any verb, = Eng. to get);sich machen unter ...=sich mischenorsich begeben unter ...23-2.sich(dat. of interest) =für sich,for himself(exclusively).23-3.es(indef.), here perhaps"curiosity."23-4.wie wäre es?(condit. subj.), for condit.würde es sein?(how would it be?),how would it do?orwhat do you think of ...?23-5.erzählte(subj. impf.) =erzählen würde.23-6.es wird nicht viel werden mit dem Schlaf heute Nacht(colloq. phrase),sleep is hardly to amount to anything to-night.23-7.trotz Ihreshohen Bettes—to spare room, in the Alpine huts thebedsare foundhigh upon the wall, near the ceiling of the room, resting on pegs driven into the wall.23-8.mein Fräulein—directed to Elsa.23-9.das wäre schön,cf. Note 4, above.23-10.Fräuleins(pl. forFräulein), comp.KerlsforKerle,Page 16, Note 1.Page 24.—24-1.wes(obsol. genit. forwelches)Zeichens und Standes(colloq. phrase with adverbial genitive) lit., "what the inscription of my sign-board is and my [social] standing," trans.,what my occupation is and my standing in life.24-2.wo ... her(separated) for the more common formwoher´.24-3.nie´derrheinisch,from the Lower Rhine, i.e. from the northwestern part of Germany.24-4.ehrlicher LeuteKind(sing., collectively), a phrase forehrlicher Leute Kinder.Cf. Page 20, Note 4.24-5.es(indef.), perhaps:thingsoraffairs.24-6.es(indef.), here perhaps:my fateora change in my life.24-7.es wurde ... gestrickt,some little knitting was done.24-8.wanderten(wandered). Account for the idiom.Cf. Page 4, Note 12.24-9.es(introductory or grammatical subject); what is the logical subject?24-10.doch(adverb. idiom), adds force to the request.24-11.geben Sie mir die Körbchen!—The point lies in the double meaning of the phraseEinem einen Korb geben= (1) literally:to give one a basket, and (2) figuratively:to refuse a suitor;to give "the sack"or"the mitten."Page 25.—25-1.es(indef.), herethe thought.25-2.komm. Note the sudden change of address from the formal second pers. pl. to the affectionate second pers. singular.25-3.die(emphat.) =diese, sie—how known that it is not relative pronoun?25-4.um so hübscheres,all the prettier.25-5.ein Kußbrannte(burnt),was fired.25-6.ob(obsol. prepos.) =überorwegen.25-7.es(introductory),there.25-8.es hat nicht seine Richtigkeit mit der ...,there is(ormust be)some misconception as to her being a ...25-9.Knigge’s „Umgang mit Menschen,“Baron Knigge’s(1751-1796) once famous standard book „Instruction in Deportment.“25-10.Pen(pronounce as in French)sions´mutter.Page 26.—26-1.sich(dat. =mit sich),with himself;in his mind.26-2.das, refers to the kissing and embracing.26-3.kurze Verlobungszeit, while as a rule, in Germany, years elapsebetween betrothal and marriageof a young couple.26-4.bei mir(zu Hausebeing understood).26-5.wohin´(wir reisen solltenbeing understood).26-6.kamengefahren. Note the idiomatic use of the perf. partic. instead of the pres. partic. afterkommen—came ridingordriving.26-7.wo ... hin´fährt(separated), for the more common formwohin ... fährt.Cf. Page 24, Note 2.26-8.Kassel, capital of the Prussian province of Hesse-Kassel.26-9.hast du(cf. Page 2, Note 1) =wenn(time)du hast.26-10.Frankfurt a. M.,Frankfurt-on-the-Main(river), a far-famed city of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau.—From 1562 to 1792 the German emperors were crowned in the Frankfurt Cathedral. The town was also the residence of the German kings under theFranconianDynasty, 768-911, after whom the town has been named.26-11.sagt—colloq. omission of an adverb asdarauforda.26-12.da´hin laß mich mit dir, o mein Geliebter, ziehen!there, O, my true lov’d one, thou with me must go!(Thomas Carlyle).—These words of Mignon forming the refrain of each of the three strophes of Goethe’s ballad „Mignon“ (see page 28) are here skillfully and affectionately attributed to the young wife of the narrator.26-13.uns(dat. of interest), humorously, trans. somewhat liketo our edification.26-14.wir gehen—present tense instead of the future, to express an immediate or certain future as if actually present, or it may be taken in the sense of an imperative.26-15.Heidelberg, town in the grand-duchy of Baden, charmingly situated on the Neckar (river), with a famous university founded in 1386, the oldest in the present German Empire.26-16.Heidelberg,das Wetterloch!(bad weather-quarters). In a similar manner, Joseph Victor Scheffel, the life-long admirer and bard of Heidelberg, complains of the wet character of the old university-town on the Neckar, in the closing line of the Preface to his"Gaudeamus,"a collection of merry college-songs, where he says:„Dergenius lociHeidelbergs ist feucht,“—now a familiar quotation.26-17.sitzt.Cf. Note 11, above.26-18.im „Ritter,“i.e.im Hotel „zum Ritter,“an inn in the Market-Square of Heidelberg, erected in 1592, almost the only house in town which escaped destruction by the French in 1693.Page 27.—27-1.Freiburg im Breisgau, also calledFreiburg in Baden(abbrev.Freiburg i. B., for either designation), a town with university, in the southern part of the grand-duchy of Baden, beautifully situated on the western edge of the Black Forest.—AboutBreisgausee the Vocabulary.27-2.u. s. w.(abbrev. forund so weiter),and so on.27-3.der Blauen("BlueMountain"), name of one of the highest peaks in the Black Forest; in translation retain the German form of the name.27-4.was, colloq. foretwas.27-5.guck, colloq. forsieh!27-6.mal, colloq. foreinmal(indef., adverb. idiom),cf. Page 20, Note 6.27-7.siehste, colloq. contraction ofsiehst du, "you see";you know;you must know.27-8.dassind die Alpen(idiom),theseare the Alps.—The neut. sing. of the demonstrat. pron. (das), when immediately preceding or following the auxil.sein, is used without regard to the gender and number of the logical subject (heredie Alpen).27-9.der Sankt Gott´hard,St. Gothard, a mountain-group of the Lepontine Alps of Switzerland.27-10.wollten(idiom., infinit.gehenorreisenbeing understood),cf. Page 5, Note 12.27-11. Remember that the longing of the Germans for Italy is proverbial.27-12.Landfordas Land. Note the force of the ellipsis.27-13.wo die Citro´nen blühen, likewise a quotation from Goethe’s ballad „Mignon,“ the text of which is found on Page 28.27-14.zu tragen=welcher in der Handzu tragen war,cf. Page 10, Note 5.27-15.es. Account for the idiom.Cf. Page 24, Note 9.27-16.Mai´land, the German name forMilanin the Lombard plain.27-17.Ge´nua, the German name forGenoain Northern Italy, a seaport charmingly situated on the Gulf of Genoa in the Mediterranean Sea.27-18.wat(dialect of the Lower Rhine), for High German„was.“27-19.avan´ti!E-6(Ital.),forward!27-20.der Vesuv´,Mount Vesuvius, the most noted volcano in the world, situated on the Bay of Naples, nine miles southeast of Naples (Italy).27-21.ging’s=ging es(indef.),cf. Page 3, Note 4.27-22.Vene´dig, the German name forVenice;„über Venedig,“by way of Venice;viaVenice.27-23.fest´geschneestöbert(perf. partic.), a bold verb-formation consistingof„fest“(fast; up) and„das Schneegestöber“(snow-storm) =eingeschneit,snowed up; snow-bound.27-24. State three mistakes in the Englishman’s German.Page 28.28-1.al´so die(emphat.),so, they, orthey, then.—Remember thatalsois never = English "also."28-2.gewesen. Explain the idiom and supply the proper form of the auxiliary.28-3. In English with definite article.28-4.mal,cf. Page 27, Note 6.28-5.Einem im Garten wachsen(colloq. phrase),to fall to one’s share;wenn doch ...wüchse.—The past subj. expresses a wish the realization of which is not expected by the speaker.28-6.Hora´tius,Horace.—Quintus "Horatius" Flaccus (65-8 B.C.), a famous Roman lyric and satirical poet.Virgil´,Vergil.—Publius "Vergilius" Maro (70-19 B.C.), a famous Roman epic, didactic, and idyllic poet.—Both Horace and Vergil extol in their works Italian life and scenery.28-7.das Loch, colloq. forStubeorStudierzimmer; comp. Goethe’s "Faust," verse 399:„Verfluchtes dumpfes Mauerloch...“28-8.sein Leben(adverbial accusative expressing duration of time) =sein Leben langorsein ganzes Leben lang.28-9.davon´,of it, i.e. of Italian life and scenery.28-10."Bea´tus ille!""Happy he!"or"Fortunate that man!"the much quoted beginning of the second epode of Horace:Beatus ille qui procul negotiis,Ut prisca gens mortalium,Paterna rura bobus exercet suis ...28-11. The first stanza of Goethe’s ballad"Mignon"from the third book of the novel„Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre,“in which Mignon, a young Italian girl who has been abducted from home and taken to Germany, gives vent to her longing for Italian skies:Know’st thou the land where citron-apples bloom,And oranges like gold in leafy gloom,A gentle wind from deep-blue heaven blows,The myrtle thick, and high the laurel grows?Know’st thou it then?’Tis there! ’tis there,O, my true lov’d one, thou with me must go!(Thomas Carlyle).28-12.wohl(adv. idiom, not easy to render),perhapsorsay!orthen(explet.).28-13.alles(idiomatic use of neut. sing. for masc. and fem. pl.) =alle.Page 29.—29-1.vor(of time),ago.29-2.da´mit(emphat. =hiermit), i.e.mit diesen Worten.29-3.die Ces´tiuspyramide,the Pyramid of Cestiusin Rome, a huge monument, once the last resting-place of Caius Cestius, a Roman prætor and tribune of the time of Emperor Augustus. Close to this pyramid isthe Protestant Cemetery, wheretall cypressesrise above the graves of numerous English, American, German, and other visitors. Prominent among those resting there are: Shelley, the English poet (died 1822), whose heart only was buried there; the tombstone of the English poet Keats (died 1821) bears the melancholy inscription:"Here lies one whose name was writ in water."There is also the grave of August Goethe (died 1830), the only son of the poet.29-4.es(indef., "something"),a thought.29-5.es(indef.)kämpfte in ihm, trans. perhaps:there was a struggling of feelings in his heart.29-6. The formim Jahre 18..may be read:„achtzehn hundert und so und so.“29-7.doch(adverb. idiom), here:I hopeorlet me hope.Page 30.—30-1.uns, reciproc. pron. = ?30-2. The beginning of one of the most exquisite and popular treasures of German lyric poetry, by the Austrian poet Ernst von Feuchtersleben (1806-1849) with music by Mendelssohn-Bartholdi. The second and third stanzas run thus:
2.Dort an dem Klippenhang,Robin Adair!Rief ich oft still und bang:„Robin Adair!Fort von dem wilden Meer!Falsch ist es, liebeleer.Macht nur das Herze schwer.Robin Adair!“3.Mancher wohl warb um mich,Robin Adair!Treu aber liebt’ ich dich,Robin Adair!Mögen sie and’re frei’n,Ich will nur dir alleinLeben und Liebe weih’n,Robin Adair!
2.
Dort an dem Klippenhang,
Robin Adair!
Rief ich oft still und bang:
„Robin Adair!
Fort von dem wilden Meer!
Falsch ist es, liebeleer.
Macht nur das Herze schwer.
Robin Adair!“
3.
Mancher wohl warb um mich,
Robin Adair!
Treu aber liebt’ ich dich,
Robin Adair!
Mögen sie and’re frei’n,
Ich will nur dir allein
Leben und Liebe weih’n,
Robin Adair!
There are several English versions written for the old Irish air "Eileen Aroon," all having"Robin Adair"as the refrain. The German version by some unknown poet of the first quarter of the present century, possesses all the charming simplicity and dramatic directness of the„Volkslied“of earlier times. Though adapted to the same air and with the same refrain, its contents are altogether original.—Of the different English versions, the following comes nearest the German wording, and may therefore be used in translating:
Come to my heart again,Robin Adair!Never to part again,Robin Adair!And if you still are true,I will be constant, too,And will wed none but you,Robin Adair!
Come to my heart again,Robin Adair!Never to part again,Robin Adair!And if you still are true,I will be constant, too,And will wed none but you,Robin Adair!
19-2.doch.Cf. Page 10, Note 11.
19-3.„Ännchen von Tharau,“a popular song by Simon Dach, a native of East Prussia (1605-1659), made known to English readers through Longfellow’s translation: „Annie of Tharaw.“
19-4.schlahnand (in the following verse)stahn(Sambian, i.e. East Prussian dialect) forschlagenandstehen.
Page 20.—20-1.Verkno´tigung.—Longfellow renders the fifth strophe:
Oppression and sickness and sorrow and pain,Shall be to our true love aslinks to the chain.
Oppression and sickness and sorrow and pain,Shall be to our true love aslinks to the chain.
20-2.die Hitsche, "foot-stool," (students’ slang) fordas Katheder,professor’s chairordesk.
20-3.er, refers toAusdruck.
20-4.das Volkslied(sing., collectively), for pl.,„Volkslieder“.
20-5.hier, i.e. in the Alpine districts of Bavaria, Austria, and Tyrol whose people, old and young, for ages have been noted for their remarkable skill of giving vent, extempore, to their feelings in the form of„Schna´derhüpfel“(lit., reapers [= country-people’s] dancing-songs) or "Tyrolese ditties." They have all the same rhythm, are sung to the accompaniment of the cithern, the favorite musical instrument of the mountaineers, and recite in verse, more or less rude, the interests of mountain-life, such as the adventures of lovers, and the mysteries of fairyland, etc.
20-6.singt’s!(Alpine dialect) =singt!—einmal(indef., persuasivly),just sing! won’t you?
20-7.einen Steirer,a Styrian country-dance—a musical recitative accompanied by the cithern and set to a tune sufficiently rhythmical to act as one of the original purposes of a ballad, namely a dance tune.
20-8.zahlt, here =muß zahlenorhat zu zahlen.
20-9.einen Zwanziger Münz,a 20-kreutzer-piece(also calledein Kopfstück), equal to 10 American cents, trans.a dime.
20-10. Dialect. =„das würde schon ganz recht(orgut)sein.“
20-11.wie es Euch ums Herz(orzu Mut)ist,cf. Page 4, Note 2.
Page 21.—21-1.einen Herzog-Maxländler,a country-dance tune, named after the popularDuke MaxJoseph of Bavaria, the father of the lamented Empress Elisabeth of Austria, whose recent assassination (September 10, 1898) in Geneva (Switzerland) startled the whole world.
21-2.in optima forma(Lat. phrase),in the best possible mannerormasterly.
21-3.mit dem Gemsbarte(am Hut),cf. Page 5, Note 1.
21-4.mitden Armen, omit the preposition in English.
21-5.man, best to be rendered by changing to passive with the relat. pron. as subject.
21-6.es(indef.), here =eine Stimmeorder Gesang.
21-7. Dialect. =
Und zwei Blätter und zwei BlumenUnd eine Rebe um einen Stamm,Und was einander(dat.)bestimmt ist,Das find’t sich auch zusamm’.
Und zwei Blätter und zwei BlumenUnd eine Rebe um einen Stamm,Und was einander(dat.)bestimmt ist,Das find’t sich auch zusamm’.
21-8.was—das(neuter, correlative), idiom, for masc. and fem. pl. =die, welche,those who.
21-9.a(dialect.) = (1)ein, eine, ein, and (2)auch; here = ?
21-10.schalltees(cf. Note 6, above),another voice was heard.
21-11. Dialect. =
Behüt dich Gott, mein kleines (liebes) Mädchen,Es muß ja so sein,Mein Leben gehört dem Kaiser,Mein Herz gehört dein!Und mein Herz, das laß ichDaheim in deinem Haus,Sonst träf’s vielleicht eine Kugel,Und die Lieb’ ränn’ (flösse) all heraus!
Behüt dich Gott, mein kleines (liebes) Mädchen,Es muß ja so sein,Mein Leben gehört dem Kaiser,Mein Herz gehört dein!
Und mein Herz, das laß ichDaheim in deinem Haus,Sonst träf’s vielleicht eine Kugel,Und die Lieb’ ränn’ (flösse) all heraus!
21-12.es(introductory or grammatical subject),cf. Page 16, Note 9.
Page 22.—22-1. Dialect. =
Seid gescheit! Seid gescheit!Nicht in alles gleich hinein!Es sitzt oft ein FuchsIn einer Pelzkappe drein (drin)!
Seid gescheit! Seid gescheit!Nicht in alles gleich hinein!Es sitzt oft ein FuchsIn einer Pelzkappe drein (drin)!
The meaning is: Do not hurry in matters of love, for appearances are often deceitful, and what at first glance looks like a smooth and comfortable fur-cap (or fur-coat) may after all prove the hiding-place of a cunning fox; a simile taken from the old mountaineer’s sphere of observation (cp. the biblical phrase "a ravening wolf in sheep’s clothing").
22-2.ja(adverb. idiom),why, you know!oryou must know.
22-3.für’sGeld, in English without article.
22-4.wohl(adverb. idiom),sure enough;it is true.
22-5.guter Dinge sein(a phrase with adverbial genit. of manner or quality),to be of good cheerorin high spirits("in high feather").
22-6.nahm sich auf die Seite, trans.,called to his side.
22-7.es(indef.), here for (the contents of)pans and pots.
22-8.dafür, daß er nicht singen könne(lit., for this that he could not sing),for his being unable to sing.
22-9.spielte(obj.die Zitherbeing implied).
22-10.es geht was(=etwas)drauf(colloq. phrase),considerable money is spent, orbusiness is booming.
22-11.was thut’s?(colloq. phrase),what does it matter?
Page 23.—23-1.machen(in colloquial language used as substitute for almost any verb, = Eng. to get);sich machen unter ...=sich mischenorsich begeben unter ...
23-2.sich(dat. of interest) =für sich,for himself(exclusively).
23-3.es(indef.), here perhaps"curiosity."
23-4.wie wäre es?(condit. subj.), for condit.würde es sein?(how would it be?),how would it do?orwhat do you think of ...?
23-5.erzählte(subj. impf.) =erzählen würde.
23-6.es wird nicht viel werden mit dem Schlaf heute Nacht(colloq. phrase),sleep is hardly to amount to anything to-night.
23-7.trotz Ihreshohen Bettes—to spare room, in the Alpine huts thebedsare foundhigh upon the wall, near the ceiling of the room, resting on pegs driven into the wall.
23-8.mein Fräulein—directed to Elsa.
23-9.das wäre schön,cf. Note 4, above.
23-10.Fräuleins(pl. forFräulein), comp.KerlsforKerle,Page 16, Note 1.
Page 24.—24-1.wes(obsol. genit. forwelches)Zeichens und Standes(colloq. phrase with adverbial genitive) lit., "what the inscription of my sign-board is and my [social] standing," trans.,what my occupation is and my standing in life.
24-2.wo ... her(separated) for the more common formwoher´.
24-3.nie´derrheinisch,from the Lower Rhine, i.e. from the northwestern part of Germany.
24-4.ehrlicher LeuteKind(sing., collectively), a phrase forehrlicher Leute Kinder.Cf. Page 20, Note 4.
24-5.es(indef.), perhaps:thingsoraffairs.
24-6.es(indef.), here perhaps:my fateora change in my life.
24-7.es wurde ... gestrickt,some little knitting was done.
24-8.wanderten(wandered). Account for the idiom.Cf. Page 4, Note 12.
24-9.es(introductory or grammatical subject); what is the logical subject?
24-10.doch(adverb. idiom), adds force to the request.
24-11.geben Sie mir die Körbchen!—The point lies in the double meaning of the phraseEinem einen Korb geben= (1) literally:to give one a basket, and (2) figuratively:to refuse a suitor;to give "the sack"or"the mitten."
Page 25.—25-1.es(indef.), herethe thought.
25-2.komm. Note the sudden change of address from the formal second pers. pl. to the affectionate second pers. singular.
25-3.die(emphat.) =diese, sie—how known that it is not relative pronoun?
25-4.um so hübscheres,all the prettier.
25-5.ein Kußbrannte(burnt),was fired.
25-6.ob(obsol. prepos.) =überorwegen.
25-7.es(introductory),there.
25-8.es hat nicht seine Richtigkeit mit der ...,there is(ormust be)some misconception as to her being a ...
25-9.Knigge’s „Umgang mit Menschen,“Baron Knigge’s(1751-1796) once famous standard book „Instruction in Deportment.“
25-10.Pen(pronounce as in French)sions´mutter.
Page 26.—26-1.sich(dat. =mit sich),with himself;in his mind.
26-2.das, refers to the kissing and embracing.
26-3.kurze Verlobungszeit, while as a rule, in Germany, years elapsebetween betrothal and marriageof a young couple.
26-4.bei mir(zu Hausebeing understood).
26-5.wohin´(wir reisen solltenbeing understood).
26-6.kamengefahren. Note the idiomatic use of the perf. partic. instead of the pres. partic. afterkommen—came ridingordriving.
26-7.wo ... hin´fährt(separated), for the more common formwohin ... fährt.Cf. Page 24, Note 2.
26-8.Kassel, capital of the Prussian province of Hesse-Kassel.
26-9.hast du(cf. Page 2, Note 1) =wenn(time)du hast.
26-10.Frankfurt a. M.,Frankfurt-on-the-Main(river), a far-famed city of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau.—From 1562 to 1792 the German emperors were crowned in the Frankfurt Cathedral. The town was also the residence of the German kings under theFranconianDynasty, 768-911, after whom the town has been named.
26-11.sagt—colloq. omission of an adverb asdarauforda.
26-12.da´hin laß mich mit dir, o mein Geliebter, ziehen!there, O, my true lov’d one, thou with me must go!(Thomas Carlyle).—These words of Mignon forming the refrain of each of the three strophes of Goethe’s ballad „Mignon“ (see page 28) are here skillfully and affectionately attributed to the young wife of the narrator.
26-13.uns(dat. of interest), humorously, trans. somewhat liketo our edification.
26-14.wir gehen—present tense instead of the future, to express an immediate or certain future as if actually present, or it may be taken in the sense of an imperative.
26-15.Heidelberg, town in the grand-duchy of Baden, charmingly situated on the Neckar (river), with a famous university founded in 1386, the oldest in the present German Empire.
26-16.Heidelberg,das Wetterloch!(bad weather-quarters). In a similar manner, Joseph Victor Scheffel, the life-long admirer and bard of Heidelberg, complains of the wet character of the old university-town on the Neckar, in the closing line of the Preface to his"Gaudeamus,"a collection of merry college-songs, where he says:„Dergenius lociHeidelbergs ist feucht,“—now a familiar quotation.
26-17.sitzt.Cf. Note 11, above.
26-18.im „Ritter,“i.e.im Hotel „zum Ritter,“an inn in the Market-Square of Heidelberg, erected in 1592, almost the only house in town which escaped destruction by the French in 1693.
Page 27.—27-1.Freiburg im Breisgau, also calledFreiburg in Baden(abbrev.Freiburg i. B., for either designation), a town with university, in the southern part of the grand-duchy of Baden, beautifully situated on the western edge of the Black Forest.—AboutBreisgausee the Vocabulary.
27-2.u. s. w.(abbrev. forund so weiter),and so on.
27-3.der Blauen("BlueMountain"), name of one of the highest peaks in the Black Forest; in translation retain the German form of the name.
27-4.was, colloq. foretwas.
27-5.guck, colloq. forsieh!
27-6.mal, colloq. foreinmal(indef., adverb. idiom),cf. Page 20, Note 6.
27-7.siehste, colloq. contraction ofsiehst du, "you see";you know;you must know.
27-8.dassind die Alpen(idiom),theseare the Alps.—The neut. sing. of the demonstrat. pron. (das), when immediately preceding or following the auxil.sein, is used without regard to the gender and number of the logical subject (heredie Alpen).
27-9.der Sankt Gott´hard,St. Gothard, a mountain-group of the Lepontine Alps of Switzerland.
27-10.wollten(idiom., infinit.gehenorreisenbeing understood),cf. Page 5, Note 12.
27-11. Remember that the longing of the Germans for Italy is proverbial.
27-12.Landfordas Land. Note the force of the ellipsis.
27-13.wo die Citro´nen blühen, likewise a quotation from Goethe’s ballad „Mignon,“ the text of which is found on Page 28.
27-14.zu tragen=welcher in der Handzu tragen war,cf. Page 10, Note 5.
27-15.es. Account for the idiom.Cf. Page 24, Note 9.
27-16.Mai´land, the German name forMilanin the Lombard plain.
27-17.Ge´nua, the German name forGenoain Northern Italy, a seaport charmingly situated on the Gulf of Genoa in the Mediterranean Sea.
27-18.wat(dialect of the Lower Rhine), for High German„was.“
27-19.avan´ti!E-6(Ital.),forward!
27-20.der Vesuv´,Mount Vesuvius, the most noted volcano in the world, situated on the Bay of Naples, nine miles southeast of Naples (Italy).
27-21.ging’s=ging es(indef.),cf. Page 3, Note 4.
27-22.Vene´dig, the German name forVenice;„über Venedig,“by way of Venice;viaVenice.
27-23.fest´geschneestöbert(perf. partic.), a bold verb-formation consistingof„fest“(fast; up) and„das Schneegestöber“(snow-storm) =eingeschneit,snowed up; snow-bound.
27-24. State three mistakes in the Englishman’s German.
Page 28.28-1.al´so die(emphat.),so, they, orthey, then.—Remember thatalsois never = English "also."
28-2.gewesen. Explain the idiom and supply the proper form of the auxiliary.
28-3. In English with definite article.
28-4.mal,cf. Page 27, Note 6.
28-5.Einem im Garten wachsen(colloq. phrase),to fall to one’s share;wenn doch ...wüchse.—The past subj. expresses a wish the realization of which is not expected by the speaker.
28-6.Hora´tius,Horace.—Quintus "Horatius" Flaccus (65-8 B.C.), a famous Roman lyric and satirical poet.Virgil´,Vergil.—Publius "Vergilius" Maro (70-19 B.C.), a famous Roman epic, didactic, and idyllic poet.—Both Horace and Vergil extol in their works Italian life and scenery.
28-7.das Loch, colloq. forStubeorStudierzimmer; comp. Goethe’s "Faust," verse 399:„Verfluchtes dumpfes Mauerloch...“
28-8.sein Leben(adverbial accusative expressing duration of time) =sein Leben langorsein ganzes Leben lang.
28-9.davon´,of it, i.e. of Italian life and scenery.
28-10."Bea´tus ille!""Happy he!"or"Fortunate that man!"the much quoted beginning of the second epode of Horace:
Beatus ille qui procul negotiis,Ut prisca gens mortalium,Paterna rura bobus exercet suis ...
Beatus ille qui procul negotiis,Ut prisca gens mortalium,Paterna rura bobus exercet suis ...
28-11. The first stanza of Goethe’s ballad"Mignon"from the third book of the novel„Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre,“in which Mignon, a young Italian girl who has been abducted from home and taken to Germany, gives vent to her longing for Italian skies:
Know’st thou the land where citron-apples bloom,And oranges like gold in leafy gloom,A gentle wind from deep-blue heaven blows,The myrtle thick, and high the laurel grows?Know’st thou it then?’Tis there! ’tis there,O, my true lov’d one, thou with me must go!(Thomas Carlyle).
Know’st thou the land where citron-apples bloom,And oranges like gold in leafy gloom,A gentle wind from deep-blue heaven blows,The myrtle thick, and high the laurel grows?Know’st thou it then?’Tis there! ’tis there,O, my true lov’d one, thou with me must go!
(Thomas Carlyle).
28-12.wohl(adv. idiom, not easy to render),perhapsorsay!orthen(explet.).
28-13.alles(idiomatic use of neut. sing. for masc. and fem. pl.) =alle.
Page 29.—29-1.vor(of time),ago.
29-2.da´mit(emphat. =hiermit), i.e.mit diesen Worten.
29-3.die Ces´tiuspyramide,the Pyramid of Cestiusin Rome, a huge monument, once the last resting-place of Caius Cestius, a Roman prætor and tribune of the time of Emperor Augustus. Close to this pyramid isthe Protestant Cemetery, wheretall cypressesrise above the graves of numerous English, American, German, and other visitors. Prominent among those resting there are: Shelley, the English poet (died 1822), whose heart only was buried there; the tombstone of the English poet Keats (died 1821) bears the melancholy inscription:"Here lies one whose name was writ in water."There is also the grave of August Goethe (died 1830), the only son of the poet.
29-4.es(indef., "something"),a thought.
29-5.es(indef.)kämpfte in ihm, trans. perhaps:there was a struggling of feelings in his heart.
29-6. The formim Jahre 18..may be read:„achtzehn hundert und so und so.“
29-7.doch(adverb. idiom), here:I hopeorlet me hope.
Page 30.—30-1.uns, reciproc. pron. = ?
30-2. The beginning of one of the most exquisite and popular treasures of German lyric poetry, by the Austrian poet Ernst von Feuchtersleben (1806-1849) with music by Mendelssohn-Bartholdi. The second and third stanzas run thus: