Der Sommerabend schauet
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Der Sommerabend schauet
So still auf's Erdenreich,
Tiefer der Himmel blauet,
Des Westens Rot wird bleich.
An den Bergen verglühet
Der goldne Abendschein,
Still heimlich rauschend ziehet
Drunten der tiefe Rhein.
Es duften Reben und Rosen
Um das freundliche Haus,
Liebliche Mädchen kosen
Von dem Balkon heraus.
Sie ringen und umschlingen,
Sich spielend Brust an Brust,
Saiten und Lieder erklingen,
Und wecken verschollene Lust.
Ich wandle auf und nieder
Mit meinem seligsten Traum;
Verklungen sind längst die Lieder,
Ich weiss es selber kaum.
Und wie ich erwache, dunkelt
So gross mich an die Nacht,
Der Himmel sterndurchfunkelt,
Die Berge in ruhiger Pracht.
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Dichtungen eines Rheinischen Poeten, Band 1: Mein Herz ist am Rheine. Liederbuch von Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter, Vierte vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage, Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1871, p. 21.
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The summer evening gazes
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The summer evening gazes
So quietly upon the earthly realm,
The sky is becoming a deeper blue,
The red of the west is becoming pale
And the golden glow of evening
Dims upon the hills,
Quietly, secretly rushing
The deep Rhine flows below.
Scent rises from the vines and roses
About the friendly house,
Lovely maidens are flirting
From the balcony.
They struggle and embrace
Each other, playfully breast against breast
Strings and songs ring out
And awaken forgotten passions.
I wander up and down
With my most blissful dream;
The songs have long since died away,
I hardly know it myself.
And when I awaken, the night
Darkens at me so hugely,
The sky all sparkled through with stars,
The hills in peaceful splendour.
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English poem title: Near the seven hills
English song title: Summer evening
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-16
Line count: 24
Word count: 125