by Ludwig Rellstab (1799 - 1860)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Es rauschen die Winde
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA
Es rauschen die Winde
So herbstlich und kalt;
Verödet die Fluren,
Entblättert der Wald.
Ihr blumigen Auen!
Du sonniges Grün!
So welken die Blüthen
Des Lebens dahin. 

Es ziehen die Wolken
So finster und grau;
Verschwunden die Sterne
Am himmlischen Blau!
Ach, wie die Gestirne
Am Himmel entfliehn,
So sinket die Hoffnung
Des Lebens dahin!

Ihr Tage des Lenzes
Mit Rosen geschmückt,
Wo ich den Geliebten
An's Herze gedrückt!
Kalt über den Hügel
Rauscht, Winde, dahin!
So sterben die Rosen
Der Liebe dahin.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludwig Rellstab. Erstes Bändchen. Berlin, bei Friedrich Laue. 1827, pages 106-107.

See also this setting by Pentenrieder titled Herbst


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The winds are sweeping
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
The winds are sweeping,
so autumnal and cold;
empty are the fields,
leafless the woodland.
You flowery meadows!
You sunny green space!
So do the blossoms 
of life fade away.

The clouds are drifting,
So gloomy and grey;
Vanished are the stars
From the ethereal blue!
Ah, as the stars
Escape from the sky,
So does the hope 
of life recede away.

You days of springtime,
decked with roses,
during which I pressed my beloved
to my heart!
Coldly over the hill,
oh winds, rush in!
So do the roses 
of love die away.

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Translation of title "Herbst" = "Autumn"


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This text was added to the website: 2018-01-29
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Word count: 95