Autumn song | Woods turned red and sallow

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by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834)

Translation © by Walter A. Aue

Coro. Herbstlied

(Sung text for setting by J. Lang)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE

Bunt sind schon die Wälder;
Gelb die Stoppelfelder,
Und der Herbst beginnt.
Rothe Blätter fallen,
Graue Nebel wallen,
Kühler weht der Wind.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

First published in a rather different version with 7 stanzas in Hamburger Musenalmanach 1786, see below.

Composition:

Josephine Lang

Text Authorship:

by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Herbstlied", written 1782, first published 1786

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Herfstlied", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Autumn song", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant d'automne", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 106

Autumn song

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Lang)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Woods turned red and sallow,
fields of stubble yellow,
and the fall begins.
Crimson leaves are drifting,
greyish fogs are shifting,
cooler blow the winds.

 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Walter A. Aue, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Herbstlied", written 1782, first published 1786
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-01
Line count: 30
Word count: 116