Im Herbst [kreist]1 überm grauen Weiher Von Schnee bereift ein alter Silberreiher. Ich stehe einsam an des Weihers Strand, Die Hand am Blick, und äuge stumm ins Land.
3 Gesänge
Song Cycle by Niklaus Aeschbacher (1917 - 1995)
3. Der Silberreiher [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928)
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "白鹭鹚"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Fan Yang) , "大意", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The silver heron", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Uray: "kreist einsam"
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
Total word count: 28