Der EFS beim Lebendigen Adventskalender
Ein Türchen - vier Sprachen, das hatten sich die Mitglieder des Europäischen Freundeskreis ausgedacht für ihren Beitrag zum Lebendigen Adventskalender
Auf Französisch trug Christine Spitzenberg den Text des bekannten französischen Weihnachtsliedes "Petit Papa Noel" vor:
Petit Papa Noël
C'est la belle nuit de Noël
La neige étend son manteau blanc
Et les yeux levés vers le ciel,
à genoux les petits enfants
Avant de fermer les paupières
Font une dernière prière
Petit Papa Noël
Quand tu descendras du ciel
Avec des jouets par milliers
N'oublie pas mon petit soulier
Mais, avant de partir
Il faudra bien te couvrir
Dehors, tu vas avoir si froid
C'est un peu à cause de moi
Il me tarde tant que le jour se lève
Pour voir si tu m'as apporté
Tous les beaux joujoux que je vois en rêve
Et que je t'ai commandés
Le marchand de sable est passé
Les enfants vont faire dodo
Et tu vas pouvoir commencer
Avec ta hotte sur le dos
Au son des cloches des églises
Ta distribution de surprises
Et quand tu seras sur ton beau nuage
Viens d'abord sur notre maison
Je n'ai pas été tous les jours très sage
Mais j'en demande pardon
Petit Papa Noël - Quand tu descendras du ciel
Avec des jouets par milliers - N'oublie pas mon petit soulier !
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Auf Amerikanisch trug Thorsten Bonifer das bekannte Weihnachts-Gedicht von Clement Clarke Moore vor:
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap, When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
“Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On Cupid! On, Donder and Blitzen! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!”
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky, So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my hand, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes — how they twinkled! his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath; He had a broad face and a little round belly, That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself; A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose; He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night.”
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Auf Deutsch trug Stephanie Hessberger-Jessen das Gedicht von Joachim Ringelnatz vor:
‘Schenke groß oder klein
aber immer gediegen.
wenn die Bedachten die Gabe wiegen,
sei Dein Gewissen rein.
Schenke herzlich und frei,
schenke dabei was in dir wohnt.
an Meinung, Geschmack und Humor,
so dass die eigene Freude zuvor
Dich reichlich belohnt.
Schenke mit Geist, ohne List,
sei eingedenk,
dass Dein Geschenk-
Du selber bist.'
