Kein Rosenschimmer leuchtet dem Tag zur Ruh'! Der Abendnebel schwillt am Gestad' empor, Wo durch verdorrte Felsengräser Sterbender Lüfte Gesäusel wandelt. Nicht schwermuthsvoller [bebte]1 des Herbstes Wehn Durchs todte Gras am sinkenden Rasenmal, Wo meines Jugendlieblings Asche Unter [der trauernden Weide]2 schlummert. Ihm Thränen opfern werd' ich beim Blätterfall, Ihm, wenn das Mailaub wieder den Hain umrauscht, Bis mir, vom schönern Stern, die Erde Freundlich im Reigen der Welten schimmert.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Friedrich von Matthisson. Erster Theil. Tübingen, bei Cotta, 1811, page 290, and with Friedrich von Matthisson, Gedichte, fünfzehnte Auflage, Zurich: Orell, Füssli & Co., 1851, page 227.
First published in Der Neue Teutsche Merkur vom Jahre 1794. Herausgegeben von C. M. Wieland. Erster Band. Weimar 1794. 4. Stück. April 1794, page 318.
Note: Matthisson changed the title into Todtenopfer in the 1811 and subsequent editions.
1 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "tönte"2 Schubert: "den trauernden Weiden"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Erinnerung", written 1793, first published 1794 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ernst Frank (1847 - 1889), "Todtenopfer", op. 1 (Zehn Lieder) no. 1, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gotthard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Erinnerung", alternate title: "Totenopfer", D 101 (1814), published 1894 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Herinnering -- Dodenoffer", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Remembrance", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Souvenir", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Antonio Zencovich) , "Ricordo", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Melanie Trumbull , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
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