Du Herbsttag wunderklar
Language: German (Deutsch)
Du Herbsttag wunderklar,
Und doch so mild und lau,
Wie ruft zurück dein sonnig Blau
Die Jugendzeit mir wunderbar,
Die schöne Zeit, die schöne Zeit
Mit aller ihrer Seligkeit,
Daß ich wie einst bin glücklich wieder ganz und gar.
O horch, wie traulich schallt
Der Heerdenglocken Klang,
Horch, wie des Hirtenknaben Sang
Am grünen Hügel wiederhallt!
Und sieh des Weidefeuers Rauch
So hold bewegt vom Windeshauch,
Ach, wie vor Wonne da mein Herz mir überwall[.]
Nur, wie des Duftes Flor
Verschönt der Berge Kranz,
Steigt sacht der Wehmuth sanfter Glanz
Aus tiefstem Herzensgrund empor;
Doch flieht drum nicht mein holdes Glück,
Noch schöner, schöner kehrt zurück,
So zart verklärt, mir Alles nur, was ich verlor.
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Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 121-122.
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You autumn day, wondrously clear
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
You autumn day, wondrously clear
And yet so mild and balmy,
How your sunny blue wondrously
Recalls to me the time of my youth,
The beautiful time, the beautiful time
With all its bliss,
So that I am happy again, completely and utterly.
Oh listen, how familiarly sounds
The ringing of the cow-bells,
Listen, how the singing of the cowherd lad
Echoes from the green hills!
And see the smoke of the meadow fire
So beautifully moved by a breath of wind,
Ah, how my heart then overflows with bliss.
Only, as the flowering of scent
Beautifies the ring of mountains,
The soft radiance of melancholy also rises gently
From out of the deepest depths of my heart;
But my lovely happiness does not depart thereby,
Only more beautifully, more beautifully, so gently transfigured,
Everything that once I lost returns to me.
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Translations of titles:
"Der Herbsttag wunderklar" = "The autumn day, wondrously clear!"
"Du Herbsttag, wunderklar!" = "You autumn day, wondrously clear!"
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