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Von fern die Uhren schlagen, Es ist schon tiefe Nacht, Die Lampe brennt so düster, Dein Bettlein ist gemacht. Die Winde nur noch gehen Wehklagend um das Haus, Wir sitzen einsam [drinnen]1 Und lauschen oft hinaus. Es ist, als müßtest leise Du klopfen an die Thür, Du [hätt'st]2 dich nur verirret, Und kämst nun müd' [zurück]3. Wir armen, armen Thoren! Wir [irren]4 ja im Graus Des Dunkels noch verloren - Du fand'st [dich]5 längst nach Haus.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's Werke. Erster Theil. Gedichte. Berlin: M. Simion, 1841, pages 323.
1 Zeisl: "drinne"2 Stöhr: "hättest"
3 Zeisl: "herfür"
4 Zeisl: "irrten"
5 Zeisl: "ja" (also in the 1883 version)
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, in Auf meines Kindes Tod, no. 8 [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 Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "Auf meines Kindes Tod III", op. 24 no. 5, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Trauer und Trost. Sechs Gesänge, no. 5, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Fürstenthal (1920 - 2016), "Auf meines Kindes Tod", published 1981 [ voice and piano ], from 16 Lieder und Balladen vom Leben und Vergehen, no. 11, from Sieben Lieder nach Gedichten von Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet; Hollywood, CA : Alpheus Music (Sieben Lieder) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "In der Nacht", op. 105 no. 2, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Elegische Gesänge (Zweite Folge) : aus dem Cyklus "Auf meines Kindes Tod" von J. v. Eichendorff für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Auf meines Kindes Tod", op. 20 no. 8 (1914) [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Uhland und Eichendorff , no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Stöhr (1874 - 1967), "Auf unseres Kindes Tod", op. 34 (Sechs Duette) no. 1 [ vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Von fern die Uhren schlagen" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 82
From afar the clocks strike, It is already deep in the night, The lamp burns so dimly, Your little bed is made. Only the winds are still moaning Their lament about the house, We sit inside in loneliness And listen oft for what is happening outdoors. It seems as if you should quietly Knock upon the door, [As if] you were only lost, And now were coming back, tired. We poor, poor fools! Still lost, we are wandering In the horror of darkness - You have long since found your way home.
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English poem title: 8. of "On the Death of My Child"English song title (Draeseke): On the Death of My Child III
English song title (Herzogenberg): In the Night
English song title (Schoeck): On the Death of My Child
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, in Auf meines Kindes Tod, no. 8
This text was added to the website: 2013-08-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 92