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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Holder Lenz, du bist dahin!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE
Holder Lenz, du bist dahin!
[Nirgends, nirgends]1 darfst du bleiben!
Wo ich sah dein frohes Blühn,
Braust des Herbstes banges Treiben.

Wie der Wind so traurig fuhr
Durch [den Strauch]2, als ob er weine;
Sterbeseufzer der Natur
Schauern durch [die welken Haine]3.

Wieder ist, wie bald! wie bald!
Mir ein Jahr [dahingeschwunden]4.
Fragend rauscht es [aus dem]5 Wald:
"Hat dein Herz sein Glück gefunden?"

Waldesrauschen, wunderbar
Hast du [mir das]6 Herz getroffen!
Treulich bringt ein jedes Jahr
[Welkes Laub und welkes]7 Hoffen.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Bill •   F. Mendelssohn •   O. Schoeck 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Nicolaus Lenau, Gesammt-Ausgabe, Leipzig, Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., 1881, pages 40-41.

1 Bill: "Nirgends"
2 Schoeck: "die Straßen" (streets)
3 Bill: "den welken Hain"
4 Bill: "geschwunden"
5 Bill: "durch den"
6 Bill: "mein"
7 Bill, Mendelssohn: "Neues Laub wie neues" (new leaves like new)

Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Herbstklage", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Herbst, first published 1831? [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 Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Herbstklage ", op. 69 (Dichtungen von Lenau, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Bill (1863 - 1936), "Herbstlied", op. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hermann Franke (1834 - 1919), "Herbstlied", op. 6 (Sechs Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 6, published 1865 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Walther Friederichsen , "Herbstklage", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder von N. Lenau für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Offenbach am Main: Johann André [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich XXIV. Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz (1855 - 1910), "Herbstklage", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Adolf Lorenz, Dr. (1837 - 1923), "Herbstlied", op. 48 no. 6, published 1877 [ SATB chorus or men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Czesław Józef Marek (1891 - 1985), "Herbstklage", op. 17 no. 1 (1915), published 1977 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lenau-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Herbstlied", op. 48 no. 6 (1839) [ chorus ], from Der erste Frühlingstag - Sechs Lieder im Freien zu singen, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Richard Metzdorff (1844 - 1919), "Herbstklage ", op. 20 no. 3, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Herbstklage", op. 251 no. 2 (2016) [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Nikolaus Lenau, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Herbstklage", JWV 137 no. 4 (1862), published 2019 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Herbstklage", op. 36 no. 12 (1923) [ voice and chamber orchestra ], from Elegie: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Nikolaus Lenau und Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 12, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Herbstklage", op. 69 (Drei Lieder für Alt oder Bass mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1863 [ alto or bass and piano ], Berlin, Mendel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Stockhaus , "Herbstklage", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Weber (1845 - 1887), "Herbstklage", op. 2 (Fünf zweistimmige Lieder für Sopran und Alt mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1878 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Zenger (1837 - 1911), "Herbstklage", op. 37 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1880 [ medium voice and piano ], München, Schmid & Janke [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó de tardor", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Autumn lament/song", copyright © 2004
  • ENG English (Walter A. Aue) , "Lovely Spring, you left so soon!", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Plainte d'automne", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 92

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