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Wie dich die warme Luft umscherzt, Das schatt'ge Grün, o wie dich's kühlt! Wie leicht ist all das Weh verschmerzt, Das in der Seele wühlt! Des Liebchens Bildnis zeige sich In jedem Quell, an dem du stehst, Ein sanftes Lied beruh'ge dich, Wenn durch den Wald du gehst. Drum warte, bis der Winter naht, Bis alles starr und öde liegt, Und Reif und Schnee auf Flur und Saat Dich melancholisch wiegt!
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Text Authorship:
- by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), "Aufschub der Trauer", appears in Gedichte, in Romanzen und Jugendlieder, no. 28 [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 Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840 - 1913), "Aufschub der Trauer", op. 23 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Wie dich die warme Luft umscherzt", H-U 292 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Holzmiller (1806 - 1862), "Aufschub der Trauer", published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 4, Hannover, Woltmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Theodor Martin Kjerulf (1858 - 1919), "Aufschub der Trauer", op. 7 no. 4, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Sonne und Regen. Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Postponement of mourning", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Deuil en sursis", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 71
How the warm breeze wafts jestingly about you, The shady green, oh how it cools you! How lightly one gets over all the hurt, [The hurt] that burrows in your soul! May your beloved’s image be revealed In every water-spring at which you stand, May a gentle song calm you When you walk through the forest. Therefore wait until winter nears, Until everything lies immovable and desolate, And the frost and snow upon meadow and upon what was sown Rocks you with melancholy!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 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 August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), "Aufschub der Trauer", appears in Gedichte, in Romanzen und Jugendlieder, no. 28
This text was added to the website: 2017-10-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 83