The evening bells were already

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die Vesper

(Sung text for setting by A. Thelen)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Die Abendglocken klangen
  Schon durch das stille Thal,
Da saßen wir zusammen
  Da droben wohl hundertmal.

Und unten war's so stille
  Im Lande weit und breit,
Nur über uns die Linde
  Rauscht' durch die Einsamkeit.

Was gehn die Glocken heute,
  Als ob ich weinen müßt'?
Die Glocken, die bedeuten
  Daß mein Lieb' gestorben ist!

Ich wollt', ich läg' begraben,
  Und über mir rauschte weit
Die Linde jeden Abend
  Von alter und schöner Zeit!

Composition:

A. Thelen

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Vesper", appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Vesper", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The evening bells were already

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Thelen)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The evening bells were already
  olden and beautiful times in the quiet valley
When we sat together
  Up there, surely a hundred times.
 
And down below it was so quiet
  In the countryside far and wide,
Only the linden tree above us
  Soughed in the solitude.
 
How are the bells ringing today
  As if I must weep?
The bells signify
  That my love has died!
 
I wish that I lay buried
  And that above me broadly spread out
The linden tree soughed every evening
  Of the old, beautiful time.

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Translated titles:
"Vesper" = "Vespers"
"Die Abendglocken" = "Evening bells"

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Vesper", appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer
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