The evening wanders over the dark land | The evening wanders over the dark land

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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Der Abend wandert übers dunkle Land

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FIN

Der Abend wandert übers dunkle Land,
auf meinem Haupt ruht deine liebe Hand,

und deine Stimme, süss und dämmerleise,
singt eine alte liebe Kinderweise,

so abendmild . . im Traume hör ich zu,
und alles Leid und Sehnen geht zur Ruh.

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Confirmed with Sehnen und Suchen, Vierte Auflage, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckman & Wetter), 1905, page 55.

Text Authorship:

by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), no title, appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Im Lande der Liebe, in Aus junger Ehe, no. 7 [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 Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Der Abend wandert übers dunkle Land", op. 76 no. 8 (1932-1933?) [ voice and piano ], from Lauluja Albert Sergelin runoihin, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The evening wanders over the dark land", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , " Ilta vaeltaa pimeän maan yllä ", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-23
Line count: 6
Word count: 41

The evening wanders over the dark land

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The evening wanders over the dark land,
upon my head rests your dear hand,

and your voice, sweet and twilight-quiet,
sings an old, beloved children's song,

so evening-mild . . in my dreams I listen to it,
and all suffering and yearning goes to rest.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), no title, appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Im Lande der Liebe, in Aus junger Ehe, no. 7
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-14
Line count: 6
Word count: 45