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In welken Kronen wiegt sich ... der Herbst. Purpurne Blätter schweben, schwanken ... schaukeln, trägkreiseln, fallen. Nebel webt schon, Krähen krächzen. Stare sammeln sich ... Drosseln ... ziehen ... Wildgänse wandern. Noch einmal, kühlblass, müde scheint die ... Sonne. Am stillen See, auf der kleinen Brücke, über das alte, krumme, morschmoosige Balkengeländer gelehnt, unter den dunklen, riesigen, schlangenbunt sich verästelnden Platanen, versunken, einsam ... lange, stehe ich, starre ... und ... träume in ein gespiegeltes, seltsam fantastisches, wie unirdisches, märchenhaftes, zauberhaftes Paradies!
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Text Authorship:
- by Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz (1863 - 1929), "Herbst im Tiergarten", written 1898 [author's text not yet checked 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 Jacques G. Goosen (b. 1952), "In welken Kronen", 1971, from Arno-Holz-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Martin Olbrisch , "Herbst im Tiergarten", 1986, first performed 1988 [ soprano and instrumental ensemble ], from Drei Phantasus-Gesänge, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Chris D. Godwin) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Automne au jardin zoologique", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-14
Line count: 29
Word count: 73
Dans des cimes fanées Se berce ... l'automne. Des feuilles pourpres planent, vacillent ... se balancent, tourbillonnent mollement, tombent. Déjà le brouillard plane, Les corneilles croassent. Les passereaux se rassemblent ... les grives ... partent ... les oies sauvages migrent. Une dernière fois, blême et froid, las brille ... le soleil. Au bord du lac silencieux, sur le petit pont, appuyé sur la vieille rambarde tordue et moussue, sous les sombres immenses platanes aux ramifications couleur de serpent, plongé dans mes pensées, seul ... longtemps je suis là, je regarde fixement ... et ... je rêve dans le miroir, étrangement fantastique, comme immatériel, féérique, magique du Paradis !
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Pierre Mathé, (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 Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz (1863 - 1929), "Herbst im Tiergarten", written 1898
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-25
Line count: 28
Word count: 98