Im Tale

Der späte Herbst
kommt zu töten das Tal.
Traurige Blumen
erwarten ihr Hinsterben.

Verloren, mutlos
sinkt mein Blick zu Boden,
starr, wie ein Boot
versinkt in den Fluten.

Im Wald
ist jedes Leben erstorben,
jeder Stein
ist benetzt wie von Tränen.

Im Nebel geh' ich sinnend,
mir ist,
als wäre ich allein
auf der Erde.

Translation(s): ENG

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Submitted by John H. Campbell

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• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945), "Im Tale" [ sung text checked 1 time]

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• ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "In the valley", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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In the valley

The late autumn
comes to kill the valley.
Sad flowers
expecting this die.

Lost, dishearten'd
my gaze sinks to ground,
staring, like a skiff
sinking in the waves.

In the forest
each life is stilled,
each stone
is moistened as from tears.

I go thinking in the mist,
I am,
as though all alone
on the earth.

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• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Béla Bartók. Go to the text.

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