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Ein Leilach weiß Deckt weit und breit Allum den Weltenacker. Kein Mensch, und -- sollt Man meinen -- 's wär Kein lebend Herze wacker. Das Vogelvolk Verlegen und Verlassen in den Zacken Des Birnbaums hangt Und piept, da nichts Zu picken und zu packen. 's ist alles still Und stumm allhier, Allferne. Nur ein Schwatzen Vernimmst du Unterweilen noch Und ein Geschwirr der Spatzen.
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Confirmed with Rudolf Alexander Schröder, Gesammelte Werke in Fünf Bänden, Erster Band, Die Gedichte, Berlin und Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1952, pages 625-626.
Text Authorship:
- by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962), "Winterstille", appears in Gedichte, in Die Übersetzungen, in Aus dem Niederländischen [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Dutch (Nederlands) by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Winterstilte"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Armin Knab (1881 - 1951), "Winterstille" [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Winter stillness", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-19
Line count: 18
Word count: 62
A white sheet Covers far and wide The field of the world all around. No one about, and -- one Might think -- there were No living heart alive. The bird population, Perplexed and Forsaken, hangs in the jagged branches Of the pear tree And peeps, since there is nothing To peck and to seize. All about everything is quiet And mute here And utterly distant. You discern Only sometimes still A twittering And a whirring of the sparrows.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962), "Winterstille", appears in Gedichte, in Die Übersetzungen, in Aus dem Niederländischen
Based on:
- a text in Dutch (Nederlands) by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Winterstilte"
This text was added to the website: 2024-05-11
Line count: 18
Word count: 77