by Agnes Miegel (1879 - 1964)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

September
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Dies sind die [liebsten]1 Tage mir im Jahr:
Die [ersten Astern]2 blühen in den Beeten,
Die Luft ist kirchenstill und blau und klar
Und ganz erfüllt vom Dufte der Reseden.

Kein Vogelschlag [durchklingt]3 den Sonnenschein
Doch unablässig zirpen die Zikaden, --
[Bei ihrem Schwirren in den Abendschein 
Geh', Seele, satt von Welt und Sonne ein,
Ein müdes Kind, zu letzten Schlummers Gnaden.]4

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   F. Grimm 

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Confirmed with Agnes Miegel Gesammelte Gedichte, Düsseldorf/Köln: Eugen Diederichs Verlag, 1952, page 16.

1 Grimm: "letzten"
2 Grimm: "Astern"
3 Grimm: "durchdringt"
4 Grimm: 
 Bei ihrem Singen geh' ich einmal ein
Nach langen Jahren zu des Himmels Gnaden.

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  • ENG English [singable] (Friedrich Karl Grimm) , "September"
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "September", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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September
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
There are the [dearest]1 days in the year for me:
The [first asters]2 are blooming in the flowerbeds,
The air is as quiet as a church, and blue and clear
And utterly full of the scent of the mignonettes.

No [bird's call sounds through]3 the sunshine
But the cicadas chirp incessantly, --
[Accompanied by their whirring in the evening light
Enter, soul, replete with the world and sun,
A weary child, into the mercy of the last slumber.]4

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1 Grimm: "last"
2 Grimm: "asters"
3 Grimm: "bird-call penetrates"
4 Grimm: 
 Accompanied by their singing I shall someday
After long years enter into the mercies of Heaven.

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This text was added to the website: 2024-09-04
Line count: 9
Word count: 81