Dull-coloured leaves | Leaves that burgeoned

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by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Blätter, die entsprossen sind

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Blätter, die entsprossen sind
In der Frühlingszeit,
Werden von des Herbstes Wind
Hin und her gestreut,

Bis, vom Staub des Wegs verhüllt,
Keins das andre sieht;
Unsrer Seelen treues Bild,
Die das Schicksal schied.

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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 333.

Text Authorship:

by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), no title, appears in Von Lenz zu Herbst: Dichtungen, in Herbstelegien, in Nach dem Spanischen, no. 1 [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 Ludwig Sauer (1861 - 1940), "Falbes Laub", op. 8 (5 Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1895 [ medium voice and piano ], Pforzheim, Riecker [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Dull-coloured leaves", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2020-02-11
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Dull‑coloured leaves

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Leaves that burgeoned
In springtime,
Are scattered here and there
By the winds of autumn,

Until, covered by the dust of the road,
Not one of them sees the other;
The faithful image of our souls
That were separated by fate.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), no title, appears in Von Lenz zu Herbst: Dichtungen, in Herbstelegien, in Nach dem Spanischen, no. 1
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This text was added to the website: 2020-04-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 41