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Golden glühn der Berge Gipfel, Kühlung haucht der Wind; Träumend wiegen sich die Wipfel, -- Schlaf, mein holdes Kind! Sangen schon die Nachtigallen, Wie der Tag entrinnt; Meine Saiten auch verhallen: -- Schlaf, mein holdes Kind! Alles schlummert nah und ferne! Athmet leis und lind; Hoch vom Himmel grüßen Sterne: -- Schlaf, mein holdes Kind!
Confirmed with Gesammelte Schriften, Volumes 7-8: Russische Dichter. Deutsch von Friedrich Bodenstedt. III. Michaïl Lermontoff, Kolzoff und Andere. Vierter Band, Berlin, Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R. von Decker), 1866, page 146.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), "Golden glühn der Berge Gipfel", appears in Russische Dichter [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), "Серенада", written 1850
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Golden glüh'n der Berge Gipfel", VWV 1063 (1863-65) [ voice and piano ], also set in Russian (Русский), also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Golden gleam the mountain-tops", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2017-08-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 52
Golden gleam the mountain-tops, The wind breathes coolness; The treetops sway dreamily, -- Sleep, my lovely child! The nightingales have already sung As the day passes away; The echoes of my strings, too, die away: -- Sleep, my lovely child! Everything is slumbering near and far! [Everything] breathes quietly and gently; From high in the heavens the stars send their greetings: -- Sleep, my lovely child!
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), "Golden glühn der Berge Gipfel", appears in Russische Dichter
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), "Серенада", written 1850
This text was added to the website: 2020-11-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 63