Through the evening garden | Through the evening garden

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by Heinrich "Heinar" Schilling (1894 - 1955)

Translation © by Joel Ayau

Durch die abendlichen Gärten

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Durch die abendliche Gärten,
über glänzende Asphalte
wirbelt mich die Mondesfülle.
Auf dem naßgetropften Laube
schimmern Kerzen, Mondlichtaugen.
O, lunare Visionen. Eingetaucht in Gaslaternen,
Blendekreise schüttelt sich die Seele.
Das Gefühl perlt Wasser wie von Entenfedern.
Bis befreundet gelbe Aureole der Laterne
brüderlich dir naht, Aug in Auge harrend,
du gebannt Arme spannst in Nacht, in Nacht.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich "Heinar" Schilling (1894 - 1955) [author's text not yet checked 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 Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Durch die abendlichen Gärten", op. 18 (Lieder mit Klavier) no. 7 (1922) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Joel Ayau) , "Through the evening garden", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 57

Through the evening garden

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Through the evening garden,
over shining asphalt,
the moon's abundance whirls me.
On the leaves covered with wet drops
candles shimmer, moonlight-eyes.
Oh, nocturnal visions, plunged into gas lanterns,
a circle of screens shakes its soul.
Water bubbles out from the feeling, as if from duck feathers.
Until a friendly gold halo, the lantern,
nears you in a brotherly way. Waiting, eye to eye,
you, held spellbound, arms outstretched into the night, into the night.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich "Heinar" Schilling (1894 - 1955)
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-20
Line count: 11
Word count: 75