Autumn | Asters in the garden blooming

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by Detlev von Liliencron (1844 - 1909)

Translation © by Walter A. Aue

Herbst

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Astern blühen schon im Garten,
Schwächer trifft der Sonnenpfeil.
Blumen, die den Tod erwarten
Durch des Frostes Henkerbeil.

Brauner dunkelt längst die Haide,
Blätter zittern durch die Luft.
Und es liegen Wald und Weide
Unbewegt in blauem Duft.

Pfirsich an der Gartenmauer,
Kranich auf der Winterflucht.
Herbstes Freuden, Herbstes Trauer,
Welke Rosen, reife Frucht.

Confirmed with Detlev von Liliencron, Adjutantenritte, Zweite Auflage, Berlin, Schuster & Loeffler, 1896, page 75.

Text Authorship:

by Detlev von Liliencron (1844 - 1909), "Herbst", appears in Adjudantenritte [author's text checked 1 time 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 Siegmund von Hausegger (1872 - 1948), "Herbst", published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Autumn", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Automne", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Autumn

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Asters in the garden blooming,
weaker strikes each ray of sun
flowers that are death assuming
once the hoarfrosts have begun.

Darker turns the heather, dying;
leaves are trembling through and through,
and the fields and woods are lying
silent in the fragrant blue.

Peaches on the wall like treasures,
cranes that fore the winter scoot.
Autumn's sadness, autumn's pleasures:
Faded roses, ripened fruit.

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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-26
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Word count: 64