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Es war ein grauer Tag im März, Das Licht verglomm im Walde; Ich zog vom Waldhang niederwärts, Kahl waren Baum und Halde. Doch tief bis in die Dämmerung Hört' ich die Drossel schlagen, So lenzfroh und so maienjung -- Entgegen bessren Tagen. Es war ein grauer Tag im März -- Doch nie hat mich [getroffen]1 Des Sommers Pracht so tief ins Herz! -- Zieh hin -- und lerne hoffen!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Karl Stieler, Neue Hochlandslieder, herausgegeben von Karl Quenzel, Leipzig: Hesse & Becker Verlag, [1917], page 43.
1 Schweikert: "betroffen"Text Authorship:
- by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Abendgang", subtitle: "(Im März.)", appears in Neue Hochlands-Lieder, in 7. Jahreszeiten, no. 3 [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 A. Liek , "Es war ein grauer Tag im März", op. 20 (Vier Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1900 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Mikorey (1873 - 1947), "Abendgang", subtitle: "(Im März)", op. 10 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], München: Schmid Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margarete Schweikert (1887 - 1957), "Abendgang" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , subtitle: "In March", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-10-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 66
It was a grey day in March, The light was dying away in the forest; I travelled downward from the forest slope, Bare were the trees and hills. But deep into the twilight I heard the thrush warbling, As joyful as spring and as young as May -- [Warbling] toward better days. It was a grey day in March -- But never has the glory of summer Struck me so deeply in the heart! -- Travel forth -- and learn to hope!
Subtitle: "In March"
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Translations of title(s):
"Es war ein grauer Tag im März" = "It was a grey day in March"
"Abendgang" = "Evening walk"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 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 Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Abendgang", subtitle: "(Im März.)", appears in Neue Hochlands-Lieder, in 7. Jahreszeiten, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2019-01-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 78