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Cuatro Últimas Canciones

Translations © by Abel Alamillo Fernández

Song Cycle by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949)

View original-language texts alone: Vier letzte Lieder

1. Frühling
 (Sung text)
Language: German (Deutsch) 
In dämmrigen Grüften
Träumte ich lang
Von deinen Bäumen und blauen Lüften,
Von deinem Duft und Vogelsang. 

Nun liegst du erschlossen
In Gleiß und Zier,
Von Licht übergossen
Wie ein Wunder vor mir. 

Du kennst mich wieder,
Du lockst mich zart,
Es zittert durch all meine Glieder
Deine selige Gegenwart.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Frühling", subtitle: "(1899)", written 1899

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
1. Primavera
Language: Spanish (Español) 
 En el interior de oscuras grutas 
 soñé por largo tiempo
 con tus árboles y tus cielos azules,
 con tu fragancia y el canto de tus pájaros.

 Ahora apareces desplegada 
 con espléndido ornato,
 inundada de luz,
 como un milagro ante mí.

 Tú me reconoces,
 me abrazas tiernamente.
 Percibo a través del temblor de todos mis miembros
 tu sagrada presencia.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2005 by Abel Alamillo Fernández, (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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Translation © by Abel Alamillo Fernández
2. September
 (Sung text)
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Garten trauert,
Kühl sinkt in die Blumen der Regen.
Der Sommer schauert
Still seinem Ende entgegen. 

Golden tropft Blatt um Blatt
Nieder vom hohen Akazienbaum.
Sommer lächelt erstaunt und matt
In den sterbenden Gartentraum. 

Lange noch bei den Rosen
Bleibt er stehen, sehnt sich nach Ruh.
Langsam tut er die großen
Müdgewordnen Augen zu.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "September", subtitle: "(1927)", written 1927

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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 308.


by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
2. Septiembre
Language: Spanish (Español) 
El jardín se entristece,
fría cae sobre las flores la lluvia.
El verano asiste
silenciosamente a la llegada de su fin.

Una tras otra, van cayendo
las doradas hojas de la alta acacia.
El verano sonríe, entre sorprendido y fatigado,
en el moribundo sueño del jardín.

Largo tiempo permanece él todavía junto a las rosas,
quieto, anhelando el reposo;
lentamente va cerrando
sus ojos fatigados.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2005 by Abel Alamillo Fernández, (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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3. Beim Schlafengehen
 (Sung text)
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nun der Tag mich müd gemacht,
Soll mein sehnliches Verlangen
Freundlich die gestirnte Nacht
Wie ein müdes Kind empfangen. 

Hände, laßt von allem Tun,
Stirn vergiß du alles Denken,
Alle meine Sinne nun
Wollen sich in Schlummer senken. 

Und die Seele unbewacht
Will in freien Flügen schweben,
Um im Zauberkreis der Nacht
Tief und tausendfach zu leben.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Beim Schlafengehen", written 1911, first published 1911?

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
3. Al irse a dormir
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Puesto que el día me ha fatigado,
mi ardiente deseo debe
acoger amistosamente la noche estrellada
como un niño agotado lo haría.

Manos, cesad toda acción.
Mente, olvida todo pensamiento.
Todos mis sentidos 
quieren ahora sumirse en el sueño.

Y el alma, sin custodia,
quiere remontarse con libres alas
para, en el círculo mágico de la noche,
vivir profundamente y de mil maneras.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2005 by Abel Alamillo Fernández, (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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Word count: 63

Translation © by Abel Alamillo Fernández
4. Im Abendrot
 (Sung text)
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wir sind durch Not und Freude
Gegangen Hand in Hand,
Vom Wandern ruhen wir
Nun überm stillen Land.

Rings sich die Thäler neigen,
Es dunkelt schon die Luft,
Zwei Lerchen nur noch steigen
Nachträumend in den Duft.

Tritt her, und laß sie schwirren,
Bald ist es Schlafenszeit,
Daß wir uns nicht verirren
In dieser Einsamkeit.

O weiter stiller Friede!
So tief im Abendrot,
Wie sind wir wandermüde -- 
Ist dies etwa der Tod?

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Im Abendrot", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe

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Note: Modern spelling would change "Thäler" to "Täler"

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
4. En el crepúsculo
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Entre medio de penas y alegrías
hemos caminado de la mano;
de vagar descansemos
ahora sobre la silenciosa tierra.

Alrededor nuestro declinan los valles
y el aire se oscurece ya,
únicamente dos alondras alzan su vuelo,
soñando en la atmósfera perfumada.

Acércate y déjalas cantar;
es ya el tiempo de dormir.
No vayamos a perdernos
en esta soledad.

¡Oh, amplia y silenciosa paz,
tan profunda en el crepúsculo!
¡Qué cansados estamos de caminar!
¿Será  esto acaso la muerte?

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2005 by Abel Alamillo Fernández, (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: 2005-02-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

Translation © by Abel Alamillo Fernández
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