When the day-star's journey has ended | When the day-star's journey has ended

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by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sinkt des Taggestirnes Lauf

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Sinkt des Taggestirnes Lauf
Geht für mich die Sonne auf,
Dann erscheint mit flücht'gem Fuß 
Leise sie auf dem Balkon, 
Lauschend meines Liedes Gruß,
-- Sonne, kaum genaht, entflohn! --
Dann aus zarter, weißer Hand 
Eine Rose niederschwebt;
Eh' die meine auf sie hebt, 
Wieder Nacht rings -- sie entschwand

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Confirmed with Günther Walling (Carl Ulrici), Von Lenz zu Herbst. Dichtungen, Zweite vielfach veränderte Auflage, Leipzig und Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, 1887, page 14.

Text Authorship:

by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici, no title, appears in Von Lenz zu Herbst: Dichtungen, in 1. Lieder, in Lieder aus Sevilla, no. 5 [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 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Sinkt des Taggestirnes Lauf", op. 14 no. 3 (1890), published 1897 [ voice and piano ], from Ur en kärlekssaga. Sju sånger, no. 3, Stockholm: Hirsch [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "When the day-star's journey has ended", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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When the day‑star's journey has ended

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When the day-star's journey has ended 
The sun rises for me;
Then with fleet feet she appears
Quietly upon the balcony,
Listening to the greeting of my song.
-- The sun, having only just approached, has flown away! --
Then from a delicate, white hand
A rose floats down;
Before my hand picks it up,
It is once more night all around -- she has vanished.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici, no title, appears in Von Lenz zu Herbst: Dichtungen, in 1. Lieder, in Lieder aus Sevilla, no. 5
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-26
Line count: 10
Word count: 63