Bunt sind schon die Wälder

Bunt sind schon die Wälder;
Gelb die Stoppelfelder,
Und der Herbst beginnt.
Rothe Blätter fallen,
Graue Nebel wallen,
Kühler weht der Wind.
 
Wie die volle Traube,
Aus [dem]1 Rebenlaube,
Purpurfarbig strahlt;
Am Geländer reifen
Pfirsiche mit Streifen
Roth und weiß bemahlt.
 
Sieh! Wie hier die Dirne
Emsig Pflaum' und Birne
In ihr Körbchen legt;
Dort, mit leichten Schritten,
Jene, goldne Quitten
In den Landhof trägt!
 
Flinke Träger springen,
Und die Mädchen singen,
Alles jubelt froh!
Bunte Bänder schweben,
Zwischen hohen Reben,
Auf dem Hut von Stroh!
 
Geige tönt und Flöte
Bei der Abendröthe
Und im [Mondenglanz]2;
Junge Winzerinnen
Winken und beginnen
Deutschen Ringeltanz.

Translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE

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Confirmed with Gedichte von J. G. von Salis. Gesammelt durch seinen Freund Friedrich Matthisson. Zürich, bey Orell, Gessner, Füssli und Compagnie. 1793, pages 53-54; with Gedichte von J.G. von Salis. Neue Auflage. Zürich, bey Orell Füßli und Compagnie. 1808, pages 3-4; and with Gedichte von J. G. von Salis. Neueste Auflage. Wien 1815. Bey B. Ph. Bauer, pages 3-4.

First published in a rather different version with 7 stanzas in Hamburger Musenalmanach 1786, see below.

Authorship

• by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Herbstlied", written 1782, first published 1786 [ author's text checked 2 times]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Coro. Herbstlied", stanza 1. [men's chorus] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Herbstlied" [voice and piano], sketch [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Herbstlied", published c1810 [vocal duet, unaccompanied], in XXX zweistimmige Gesänge, erster Sammlung, song no. 20, page 22, Zürich: Nägeli [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Herbstlied", D. 502 (1816), published 1872. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Another version of this text exists in the database.

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Herfstlied", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Walter A. Aue) , "Autumn song", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant d'automne", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Els boscos s’han acolorit

Els boscos s’han acolorit;
grocs són els camps de rostolls,
i comença la tardor.
Les fulles vermelles cauen,
la boira gris bandereja,
el vent bufa més fred.

Els raïms reblerts
des del fullatge dels ceps
purpuris resplendeixen;
al camp hi maduren
els préssecs amb franges
pintades de vermell i blanc.

Guaita! Com aquí la noia,
diligent, fica prunes
i peres al seu cistellet;
allà, amb passos lleugers,
aquelles, porten codonys
daurats a la masia!

Els mossos àgils saltironegen,
i les noies canten,
tots es gauben contents!
Cintes de colors voleien,
enmig de ceps abrinats,
als barrets de palla!

Sona el violí i la flauta
al capvespre
i a la llum de la lluna;
joves vinyateres
fan signes i comencen
en rotllana una dansa alemanya.

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Translations of title(s):
"Herbstlied" = "Cançó de tardor"
"Coro. Herbstlied" = "Coro. Cançó de tardor"

Authorship

• Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2018 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
  
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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Herbstlied", written 1782, first published 1786 DUT ENG FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Josephine Lang, Hans Georg Nägeli, Franz Peter Schubert. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2018-04-19.
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