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Will?

Gerda, what would you say was the force of the "will" in the title, at the time this was written? Moonraker (talk) 01:36, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know much about a different meaning then, from today's "I make an effort to (even if it is hard / doesn't come naturally)". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:11, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

First verse

Has anyone ever published a translation of this hymn? Here's an attempt at the first verse. (The need to find rhymes always changes the meaning slightly.) Moonraker (talk) 02:06, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Now fare thee well, I say to thee,
Thou false, ungodly World;
Thy plagues of sin and evil
I care no more to see.
My heart is fixed on Heaven,
There now I long to be;
May the Lord God's lordly welcome
For his servants come to me.
Beautiful. I started this article - improvement welcome - in memory of Cindy. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:58, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

About the "title"

Christoph Albrecht was wrong about what he called the title of the hymn. For German speaking users: de:Diskussion:Valet will ich dir geben#„Ein andächtiges Gebet“. --Rabanus Flavus (talk) 21:03, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Understand. Can you fix it? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:20, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nein, bitte, dein Englisch ist besser und du kennst die Gebräuche hier :) Gruß, --Rabanus Flavus (talk) 21:43, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
nur nicht gleich, nicht auf der Stell - I am behind with 2 recent deaths, uncounted reviews due, promises to help (see my talk), not even speaking of article writing ...
Moonraker, can you please translate the "real" title "VALET VALERII HERBERGERI, das er der Welt gegeben / Anno 1613. im Herbst / da er alle stunden / den Todt für Augen getragen / aber dennoch gnädiglich / vnnd ja so wünderlich als die drey Männer im Babylonischen Fewerofen erhalten worden"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:48, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
... DYK had the right part of the description, see top ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:00, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I am puzzled by Valet, Gerda. If it’s a Latin word, it means he or she is strong or well, but I don’t see how it’s intended in the first line of the verse, do you? I guess it’s also the title of the verse, <Valerius Herberger’s “Valet”>? I am just going to bed but will look back tomorrow. Moonraker (talk) 22:08, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I guess that the Latin Valet should remain untranslated, a fair-well greeeting, and so similar to his name. I just saw that you translated the first stanza, and in the article is a small-print Winckworth. - Also too tired to look closer now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:17, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Latin valete is the imperativus pluralis of valere, which means be well / strong. Already in classical times it was used as a greeting farewell. In German, the Latin word was used abbreviated (without the last e), but stressed on the second syllable, and it became a noun: das Valét = the farewell. --Rabanus Flavus (talk) 22:21, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Move

I am not happy with the undiscussed move from Valet will ich dir geben. The lead now reads as if Bach and Reger set "Farewell" which is nonsense. Best solution would be to move back. Otherwise, please clarify. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:54, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The above DYK notice as now also wrong, of course. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:55, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am also not happy about the page move, which was done without any discussion and seems quite controversial. The new version of the page seems quite anachronistic, which will be confusing to readers. Mathsci (talk) 13:52, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
So I moved it back. It should be left that way or first discussed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:38, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 20 June 2020

Valet will ich dir geben → Farewell I Gladly Bid Thee – WP:RECOGNIZABILITY: the English-language title will generally be more recognisable for users of the English Wikipedia. See also OCLC 228506066, which even has a chorale prelude by Bach mentioned by its English name (and German Bach is certainly not the only context in which this hymn is mentioned – it also appears in English-language hymnals, see its page at hymnary.org). Compare also a similar RM on another Lutheran hymn originally written in German at Talk:A Mighty Fortress Is Our God/Archive 1#Requested move 30 October 2018: such RM does, in itself, not indicate which way this RM should go (per WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS), but can indicate which kind of arguments can be made on both sides, and which may to a certain degree be valid in this RM too (although "A Mighty Fortress" is arguably a better-known hymn than "Farewell I Gladly Bid Thee"). --Francis Schonken (talk) 16:48, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Survey

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