Now the sun, with burning glare,
Lengthens noontide hours;
Men to cooling vales repair,
Or to shady bowers.

Slowly thro' the meadow green
Sluggish streams are flowing;
All along their banks are seen
Roses deeply glowing.

Come, we'll seek the leafy grove,
Sip the cooling fountain,
And when ev'ning steals we'll rove
Round the shady mountain.

Then, at nightfall, will we throng
Home thro' balmy flowers,
And with many a grateful song
Bless the summer hours.

Note: Soper's text is not even remotely faithful to the German original.

Text Authorship:

• Singable translation by Francis L. Soper , "Now the sun, with burning glare", appears in Sixty melodies for youth, for two, three, and four voices, composed by Silcher, adapted to English words, for the use of schools and singing classes, first published 1850 [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wilhelm Hey (1789 - 1854), no title, appears in Noch fünfzig Fabeln fü;r Kinder, in Anhang
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