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Fahr' wohl, [o]1 goldne Sonne, Du gehst zu deiner Ruh'; Und voll von deiner Wonne Gehn mir die Augen zu. Schwer sind die Augenlider, Du nimmst das [Lied]2 [mit]3 fort. Fahr' wohl! wir sehn uns wieder Hier unten oder dort. Hier unten, [wann]4 sich wieder Dies Haupt vom Schlaf erhob; Dann blickest du hernieder Und freuest dich darob. Und trägt des Tods Gefieder Mich statt des Traums empor, So schau' ich selbst hernieder Zu dir aus höherm Chor. Und danke deinem Strahle Für jeden schönen Tag, Wo ich mit meinem Thale [An deinem Schimmer]5 lag.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Kleffel: "du"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 in some editions, "Licht"
3 Reinecke: "mir"
4 Reinecke: "wenn"
5 Reinecke: "In deinem Glanze"
Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Fahr' wohl du gold'ne Sonne" [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Bei Sonnenuntergang", op. 8 (Zehn zweistimmige Lieder (für hohe und tiefe Stimme) mit Pianoforte ), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1875 [ vocal duet for high voice and low voice with piano ], Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
- by James P. Prior , "Fahr' wohl, o goldene Sonne", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 11, Frankfurt a/M., Firnberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Beim Sonnenuntergang", op. 29 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 (1850) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst (Friedrich Karl) Rudorff (1840 - 1916), "Bei Sonnenuntergang", op. 23 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Frauenchor ohne Begleitung) no. 5, published 1877 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Sunset"
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Farewell o golden sun", copyright © 2012
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-11-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 96
Farewell o golden sun, You go to your rest; and sated with your splendour I shut my eyes. My eyelids are heavy [now] that you've taken your [song]1 away with you. Farewell! We will see each other again Here below, or up there. Here below, when I lift again my head from sleep, You will look down here then And be delighted by what you see. And if, instead of by my dream, I am carried upward by Death's wings, then I myself will look down upon you from a more lofty realm. And I will thank your refulgence for every lovely day, during which, with my valley, I bask in your brilliance.
1 or: "light" (for "Licht")
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2012 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title
This text was added to the website: 2012-11-16
Line count: 20
Word count: 113