by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

Abend‑ und Morgenrot
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Die Mücke sitzt am Fenster
Im goldnen Abendschein,
Sie putzt sich ihre Flügel
Und nickt dann ruhig ein.

Und in der stillen Kammer
Da schlummert eine Maid,
Die hat der Tod geknicket
In ihrer Blütezeit;

Und als die Morgensonne
Die Fenster hell beglänzt,
Da wird die blasse Tote
Geschmücket und bekränzt;

Und als man trägt die Leiche
Hinaus zum Kämmerlein,
Da spielt die Mücke fröhlich
Im goldnen Sonnenschein.

Note: "Morgenroth" would be modernized to "Morgenrot"

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Capvespre i aurora", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The red of evening and of morning", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Couchant et aurore", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 68

Capvespre i aurora
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
El mosquit s'atura a la finestra
en la daurada llum del capvespre,
es neteja les ales i, tot seguit,
fa una becaina.

I, a la cambra silenciosa,
reposa una donzella
que la mort ha segat
en la flor de la seva vida.

I quan el sol del matí
omple de llum la finestra,
la pàl·lida morta
és abillada i entoiada.

I quan treuen el cos
a fora, a la recambra,
el mosquit s'esplaia jogasser
en la daurada llum del sol.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2013 by Salvador Pila, (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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This text was added to the website: 2013-05-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 80