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[Im Schatten der Platane]1 Hält von der Reise Last Die kleine Karavane Zu Nacht um's Feuer Rast. Zum Pfühle dient der Rasen, Zur Seite blitzt die Wehr; Die müden Rosse grasen Entsattelt um uns her. Schlaf liegt auf allen Wimpern; Nur unser Wächter dort Scheucht mit Guitarrenklimpern Den Druck vom Auge fort. Ich seh' noch, wie die Flamme In Aschen roth verglimmt, Und hinter'm Bergeskamme Empor der Halbmond schwimmt. Dann, wie durch's Laub der Bäume Der Nachtwind schauernd rinnt, Hüll' ich mich ein, und träume Von dir, mein deutsches Kind.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Emanuel Geibels Gesammelte Werke in acht Bänden, Dritter Band, Neue Gedichte. Gedichte und Gedenkblätter, Stuttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1883, page 177
1 Hermann: "Im Schatten der Plantanen"; further changes may exist not shown above.Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Erinnerungen aus Griechenland [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 Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Im Schatten der Platanen", op. 33 (Vier Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis (or Ludwig) Wallbach (1832 - 1914), "Im Schatten der Platane", op. 44 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Sulze & Galler [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-05-18
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Word count: 91
[In the shadow of the plane tree]1 A little caravan Stops to rest from the journey Around a fire at night. The grass serves as our pillow, At our sides our arms flash; Unsaddled, the tired horses Are grazing all about us. Sleep lies upon all lashes; Only our watchman there Is seeking to chase the pressure From his eyes by strumming on his guitar. I still see how the flame Goes out in the red ashes, And how behind the mountain ridge The half-moon floats upward. Then as the night-wind shiveringly Flows through the foliage of the trees, I wrap myself up and dream Of you, my German maid.
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View text without footnotesTranslated titles:
"Im Schatten der Platanen"= "In the shadow of the plane trees"
"Im Schatten der Platane"= "In the shadow of the plane tree"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Erinnerungen aus Griechenland
This text was added to the website: 2016-05-18
Line count: 20
Word count: 111