by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Herbstlied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Nun die Mutter schlafen will,
Werden auch die Kindlein still;
All' die Vöglein groß und klein
Huschen schweigend durch den Hain.

Frosch und Grille sind verstummt,
Nicht ein einzig Bienchen summt;
Selbst das Bächlein rieselt nur 
Heimlich durch die Wiesenflur.

Und damit die Mutter nicht 
Blenden soll das helle Licht,
Wogt und wallt als leichter Flor
Nebel aus dem Tal empor.

[Wie sie nun im Traum gewiegt
Schlummernd vor den Kindern liegt,
Deckt der Baum zu sanfter Ruh'
Sie mit goldnem Laube zu.]1

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   J. Rheinberger 

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Confirmed with Lieder und Bilder. Neue Dichtungen von Julius Sturm, Erster Theil, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1870, page 67.

1 Rheinberger: 
Nun ist sie vom Traum gewiegt,
an die Kinder weich geschmiegt,
und der Baum zu sanfter Ruh
deckt mit goldnem Laub sie zu.

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This text was added to the website: 2012-06-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 84

Autumn song
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Now that Mother wishes to sleep,
The children, too, become quiet;
All the birds, large and small,
Flit silently through the grove.

Frog and cricket have fallen mute,
Not a single bee hums;
Even the brooklet only ripples
Secretly through the meadow.

And in order that Mother might not
Be blinded by the bright light,
Up from the valley fog surges
And undulates like delicate gauze.

[As she now lies, lulled into dreams,
Slumbering in front of her children,
The tree, for her gentle rest,
Covers her with golden leaves.]1

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1 Rheinberger: 
Now she is lulled by dreams,
Her children softly cuddled up to her,
And for her gentle rest, the tree
Covers her with golden leaves.

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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 91