In falling leaves | Since now the leaves are falling

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by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910)

Translation © by Walter A. Aue

Im Blätterfallen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Da nun die Blätter fallen, 
O weh, wie fahl, 
Fühl' ich, wie alt ich worden bin. 
Das macht mir Qual. 

Die Sonne scheint. Ach, Sonne,
Wie bist du kalt.
Einst war der Herbst mir auch ein Lied.
Jetzt bin ich alt.

Text Authorship:

by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Im Blätterfallen", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Lieder [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 Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Im Blätterfallen", op. 4 no. 3 (1907?) [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "In falling leaves", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À la chute des feuilles", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 41

In falling leaves

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Since now the leaves are falling -
alas, how dun -
I feel how old I have become:
Age is no fun.

The sun still shines. Oh sunbeams,
how are you cold!
Once fall for me was just a song -
Now I am old.

Text Authorship:

Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2010 by Walter A. Aue, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Julius Bierbaum (1865 - 1910), "Im Blätterfallen", appears in Irrgarten der Liebe. Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte und Sprüche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900, in Lieder
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 42