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Scene 1 · Intermediate
Schneewittchen wird geboren
Snow-white is born
German
Mitten im Winter saß eine Königin am Fenster und nähte. Draußen fielen die Schneeflocken wie Federn vom Himmel, und um das Fenster lag ein Rahmen aus schwarzem Ebenholz. Während die Königin in den Schnee hinaussah, stach sie sich mit der Nadel in den Finger. Drei Tropfen Blut fielen auf den Schnee.
English translation
In the middle of winter, a queen sat by the window sewing. Outside, snowflakes fell from the sky like feathers, and the window was framed in black ebony. As the queen looked out at the snow, she pricked her finger with the needle. Three drops of blood fell onto the snow.
German
Das leuchtende Rot auf dem weißen Schnee gefiel ihr so sehr, dass sie dachte: „Hätte ich doch ein Kind mit einer Haut so weiß wie Schnee, mit Wangen so rot wie Blut und mit Haaren so schwarz wie dieser Fensterrahmen.“
English translation
The glowing red against the white snow pleased her so much that she thought: “If only I had a child with skin as white as snow, cheeks as red as blood, and hair as black as this window frame.”
German
Bald darauf brachte sie eine Tochter zur Welt. Das Mädchen hatte tatsächlich schneeweiße Haut, rote Wangen und Haare so schwarz wie Ebenholz. Deshalb erhielt es den Namen Schneewittchen. Doch mit der Geburt des Kindes endete das Leben der Königin.
English translation
Soon afterward, she gave birth to a daughter. The girl truly had snow-white skin, red cheeks, and hair as black as ebony. That was why she was named Snow White. But the queen’s life ended when the child was born.
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