Autumn has deceived me

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Winterahnung

(Sung text for setting by M. Reger)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Mich hat der Herbst betrogen,
  Dir, Mutter, sei's geklagt:
  Die Schwalb' ist fortgezogen,
  Und hat mir's nicht gesagt.
Und hat mit weggenommen
  Das Licht, den Sonnenschein,
  Und wenn sie wiederkommen,
  Werd' ich gestorben sein.

Note: Some later editions have the title "Winterahnung."

Composition:

Max Reger

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 4. Haus und Jahr, in 6. Sechste Reihe. Herbst, in Herbstlieder, no. 12

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (David Le Marrec) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Peter Donderwinkel , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

Premonition of winter

(Sung text translation for setting by M. Reger)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Autumn has deceived me,
  To you, Mother, I lament it:
  The swallow has flown away,
  And did not tell me of it.
And has taken away with it
  The light, the sunshine,
  And when they return
  I shall have died.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 4. Haus und Jahr, in 6. Sechste Reihe. Herbst, in Herbstlieder, no. 12
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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 41