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Wir bevölkerten die abend-düstern Lauben · lichten tempel · pfad und beet Freudig – sie mit lächeln ich mit flüstern – Nun ist wahr dass sie für immer geht. Hohe blumen blassen oder brechen · Es erblasst und bricht der weiher glas Und ich trete fehl im morschen gras · Palmen mit den spitzen fingern stechen. Mürber blätter zischendes gewühl Jagen ruckweis unsichtbare hände Draussen um des edens fahle wände. Die nacht ist überwölkt und schwül.
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Confirmed with Stefan George, Die Bücher der Hirten- und Preisgedichte, der Sagen und Sänge und der hängenden Gärten. Gesamt-Ausgabe der Werke, Band 3, Berlin, 1930, page 111.
Text Authorship:
- by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der hängenden Gärten [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Wir bevölkerten die abend-düstern", op. 15 no. 15 (1908-9), from Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Ens allotjàvem de bon grat en foscos fullatges", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "We inhabited the evening-dimmed", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Abbiamo abitato il fogliame che a sera", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 76
Abbiamo abitato il fogliame che a sera si fa cupo, i chiari templi, sentieri e aiuole con gioia - i suoi sorrisi, mentre io parlavo piano - Ora è vero, per sempre se ne va. Alti fiori appassiscono o si spezzano, si fa smorto e si spezza lo specchio dello stagno ed io mi perdo nell'erba putrescente: palme mi pungono con dita acuminate. Un sibilante tumulto di fradicio fogliame a tratti scaglia invisibili mani fuori verso le pallide pareti dell'eden. Afosa e la notte e affollata di nuvole.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2009 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (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 Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der hängenden Gärten
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 86