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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Der Tag wird kühl, der Tag wird blaß
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Tag wird kühl, der Tag wird blaß,
Die Vögel streifen übers Gras;
Schau, wie die Halme schwanken
Von ihrer Flügel Wanken
Und leise wehn ohn' Unterlaß.

Und Abends spät die Liebe weht
Ob meines Herzens Rosenbeet.
Die Zweigen flüstern und beben,
Und holde Gedanken weben
Sich in mein heimlich Nachtgebet.

Du fernes Herz, komm zu mir bald,
Sonst werden mir Beide grau und alt,
Sonst wächs't in meinem Herzen 
Viel Unkraut, Dorn, und Schmerzen --
Die Nacht [wird]1 lang, die Nacht wird kalt!

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•   A. Zemlinsky 

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Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke von Paul Heyse. Erster Band. Gedichte, Berlin, Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz, 1889, page 9.

1 Zemlinsky: "ist"

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Jugendlieder, in Mädchenlieder [uses numbering from 1872 edition], no. 2 [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 Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Der Tag wird kühl", from Fünf Lieder 1895-1896, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach, as Heinrich Molbe, Alexander von Fielitz, Josef Giehrl, Robert Gund, Heinrich , Freiherr von Herzogenberg, Hans Huber, Georg Schumann, Felix Semon, M. D., Alexander Staeger.

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-01-02
Line count: 15
Word count: 84

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