Die Flur umher
Es kalt durchweht,
Wo [nirgend]1 mehr
Ein Blümlein steht.

Im Wald zerstiebt
Das welke Laub --
Die ich geliebt,
Sind alle Staub.

[Sich]2 frühe neigt
Der Sonne Lauf,
Am Himmel steigt
Der Mond herauf.

Es füllt sich sacht
Das Sternenzelt.
Sie sind erwacht
In jener Welt.

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Confirmed with Martin Greif, Neue Lieder und Mären, Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag, 1902, page 86.

¹ Geyer: "nirgends"
² Geyer: "So"

Text Authorship:

• by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif, "Novemberstimmung", appears in Neue Lieder und Mären, in Naturbilder [author's text checked 2 times 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 Gustav Bumcké (1876 - 1963), "Novemberstimmung", op. 13 no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Humbert Geyer (1887 - 1948), "Novemberstimmung" [ voice and piano ], self-published [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "November mood", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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