Yonder the sun is departing

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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE

Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden,
Und der müde Tag entschlief.
Niederhangen hier die Weiden
In den Teich, so still, so tief.

Und ich muß mein Liebstes meiden:
Quill, o Thräne, quill hervor!
Traurig säuseln hier die Weiden,
Und im Winde bebt das Rohr.

In mein stilles, tiefes Leiden
Strahlst du, Ferne! hell und mild,
Wie durch Binsen hier und Weiden
Strahlt des Abendsternes Bild.

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Confirmed with Nicolaus Lenau’s sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [no year], page 13.

Text Authorship:

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht, in Schilflieder, no. 1 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Yonder the sun is departing

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Yonder the sun is departing,
And the weary day has gone to sleep.
Here the willows hang down
Into the pond, so still, so deep.

And I must avoid my dearest one:
Well up, oh tear, well up!
The willows sough sadly here,
And the reeds tremble in the wind.

Into my silent, deep suffering
You are shining, distance! as brightly and gently
As here, through rushes and willows,
Shines the image of the evening star.

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Translations of title(s):
"Abendlied" = "Evening song"
"Drüben geht die Sonne" = "Yonder the sun"
"Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden" = "Yonder the sun departs"
"Drüben ging die Sonne scheiden" = "Yonder the sun departed"
"Meiden" = "Avoiding"
"Schilflied" = "Song of the reeds"
"Schilflied I " = "Song of the reeds I"
"Schilflieder II" = "Songs of the reeds II"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht, in Schilflieder, no. 1
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