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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Ferdinand Kolberg (1830 - 1901)

Horch, was singet spät am Abend
 (Sung text for setting by Ore)
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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Latvian (Latviešu valoda) 
Horch, was singet spät am Abend,
wenn die liebe Sonne fern?
Arme Waisenkinder singen,
frönend ihrem harten Herr'n.

Und am warmen Feuer rinnen
ihre Thränen voll und hell, 
bittern Brotes harte Rinde 
netzen sie im kühlen Quell.

Sonne legt zu später Stunde
nieder sich ins gold'ne Boot;
und das gold'ne Bötchen schaukelt, 
steht sie auf ums Morgenrot.

Sonne, sag' uns, wie so lange
säumst du heut' am Ruheort?
„Arme Waisen musst' ich wärmen
hinter grünem Hügel dort!“

Composition:

    Set to music by Ādams Ore (1855 - 1927), "Horch, was singet spät am Abend", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Lettische Volkslieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Riga, Blosfeld

Text Authorship:

  • by Ferdinand Kolberg (1830 - 1901)

Based on:

  • a text in Latvian (Latviešu valoda) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [text unavailable]
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