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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
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View text without footnotesConfirmed 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.
Text Authorship:
- by Agnes Miegel (1879 - 1964), "September", appears in Stimme des Herzens [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 Karl Grimm (b. 1902), "September", op. 67 no. 3, published 1956 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder der Empfindsamkeit, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Friedrich Karl Grimm) , "September"
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "September", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-02
Line count: 9
Word count: 65
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
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.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Agnes Miegel (1879 - 1964), "September", appears in Stimme des Herzens
This text was added to the website: 2024-09-04
Line count: 9
Word count: 81