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Herbstlich sonnige Tage, Mir beschieden zur Lust, Euch mit leiserem Schlage Grüßt die atmende Brust. O wie waltet die Stunde Nun in seliger Ruh'! Jede schmerzende Wunde Schließet leise sich zu. Nur zu rasten, zu lieben, Still an sich selber zu baun Fühlt sich die Seele getrieben Und mit Liebe zu schaun. Und so schreit' ich im Tale, In den Bergen, am Bach Jedem segnenden Strahle, Jedem verzehrenden nach. Jedem leisen Verfärben Lausch' ich mit stillem Bemühn, Jedem Wachsen und Sterben, Jedem Welken und Blühn. Selig lern' ich es spüren, Wie die Schöpfung entlang Geist und Welt sich berühren Zu harmonischem Klang. Was da webet im Ringe, Was da blüht auf der Flur, Sinnbild ewiger Dinge Ist's dem Schauenden nur. Jede sprossende Pflanze, Die mit Düften sich füllt, Trägt im Kelche das ganze Weltgeheimnis verhüllt. Schweigend blickt's aus der Klippe, Spricht im Wellengebraus, Doch mit heiliger Lippe Deutet die Mus' es aus.
Confirmed with Emanuel Geibel, Werke, Band 1, Leipzig / Wien 1918, pages 280-281.
Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Herbstlich sonnige Tage", appears in Juniuslieder, in Vermischte Gedichte [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 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), "Herbstlich sonnige Tage", NWV 33 (1867) [ satb chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Autumn's sunny days", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-09-30
Line count: 36
Word count: 153
Time has shown us a favor: Autumn's sunniest days. Slowly breathe and then savor softer, welcoming ways. Time has let go of its reason, calm and silence I feel: Wounds that have festered all season are beginning to heal. Now my mind can endeavor resting and loving for me, changing my person forever, comforting all that I see. Softly let me attend to changing colors at night: Wilting, dying is near you after blooming so bright. What in the meadows is growing, what is weaving its rings, only strives to be showing all the permanent things. Blooming flower disperses scent in chalices wide: Holding the whole universe's mystery hidden inside.
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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Herbstlich sonnige Tage", appears in Juniuslieder, in Vermischte Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2010-03-26
Line count: 24
Word count: 110