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[Wann]1 der Abendstern die Rosen Still mit [Sehnsuchtblicken]2 grüßt, Und bei lauer [Lüfte]3 Kosen, Blume sich an Blume schließt, Dann ergreift mich heißes Bangen, Ach! zu ruhn an deiner Brust, Und von deinem Arm umfangen, Zu vergehn in Schmerz und Lust. [Wann]1in grüner Waldung Mitte, Rings von Blum und Busch umkränzt Nun des Landmanns stille Hütte, Friedlich süß im [Monde]4 glänzt, Ach! dann wünsch ich mir [hinieden]5, Solch ein Hüttchen, still und arm, Seelger Unschuld [Herzensfrieden]6, Und den Tod in Deinem Arm!
Confirmed with Helmine von Chézy, Gedichte der Enkelin der Karschin, Zweiter Band, Aschaffenburg: W. Wailandt und Sohn, 1812, page 8
1 Mayer: "Wenn"2 Mayer: "Sehnsuchts Blicken"
3 Mayer: "Weste"
4 Mayer: "Mondlicht"
5 Mayer: "hienieden"
6 Mayer: "Himmelsfrieden"
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelmina Christiane von Chézy, née Klencke (1783 - 1856), "Abendlied", appears in Gedichte der Enkelin der Karschin [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 Emilie Mayer (1821 - 1883), "Abendlied", op. 7 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Neustrelitz, G. Barnewitz [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Abendlied", op. 17 no. 2, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Sang der Liebe. Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Evening song", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-01-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 92
When the evening star greets the roses Silently with glances of yearning, And at the caressing of warm [breezes]1 Flower lines up beside flower, Then I am seized by fervent trembling, Ah! to rest upon your breast, And, embraced by your arms, To perish in pain and rapture. When in the middle of the green woodland, Encircled by flowers and bush, The quiet hut of the peasant now Shines sweetly peaceful in the moonlight, Ah! then I wish for myself down here on earth, Such a little hut, quiet and warm, [The heart’s peace] of blessed innocence,2 And death in your arms!
1 Mayer: "west winds"
2 Mayer: "Heaven’s peace"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelmina Christiane von Chézy, née Klencke (1783 - 1856), "Abendlied", appears in Gedichte der Enkelin der Karschin
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 104