Auf dem Kirchhofe
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Der Tag ging regenschwer und sturmbewegt,
Ich war an manch [vergessenem]1 Grab gewesen,
Verwittert Stein und Kreuz, die Kränze alt,
Die Namen überwachsen, kaum zu lesen.
Der Tag ging sturmbewegt und regenschwer,
Auf allen Gräbern fror das Wort: Gewesen.
Wie sturmestot die Särge schlummerten,
Auf allen Gräbern taute still: Genesen.
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Confirmed with Detlev von Liliencron, Adjutantenritte, Zweite Auflage, Berlin, Schuster & Loeffler, 1896, page 31.
1 Brahms: "vergeßnem"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Al cementiri", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Op het kerkhof", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "In the churchyard", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au cimetière", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Al cimitero", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Emily Ezust
[Administrator] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 50
Al cimitero
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the German (Deutsch)
Il giorno passò greve di pioggia e sconvolto dalla tempesta,
io sono stato su alcune tombe dimenticate,
rovinate pietre e croci, le corone vecchie,
i nomi ricoperti di piante, da leggere a stento.
Il giorno passò sconvolto dallla tempesta e greve di pioggia,
su tutte le tombe gelava la parola: "passato".
Come morte alla tempesta dormivano le bare,
su tutte le tombe si scioglieva serena la parola "risanato".
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This text was added to the website: 2008-04-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 68