Herbst | Herbst der nebligen Himmel, der traurigen Horizonte

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Chant d'automne

(Sung text for setting by A. Flégier)

See original

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT CHI ENG GER ITA

Automne au ciel brumeux, aux horizons navrants,
Aux rapides couchants, aux aurores pâlies,
Je regarde couler, avec l'eau des torrents,
       Tes jours faits de mélancolies.

Sur l'aile du regret mes esprits emportés,
-- Comme s'il se pouvait que notre âge renaisse ! --
Parcourent, en rêvant, les coteaux enchantés
       Où jadis sourit ma jeunesse.

Je sens, au clair soleil du souvenir vainqueur,
Refleurir en bouquet les roses deliées
Et monter à mes yeux des larmes, qu'en mon cœur,
       Mes vingt ans avaient oubliées !

Composition:

Ange Flégier

Text Authorship:

by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Chanson d’automne", written 1878, appears in Les Ailes d’Or, poésies nouvelles 1878-1880, in 5. Vers pour être chantés, no. 19, Paris, Bibliothèque-Charpentier, first published 1880

See other settings of this text.

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Robert Garrigós) , "Tardor", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Peter Low) , "Autumn", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Herbst", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , "Autunno", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 86

Herbst

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Flégier)

See original

Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Herbst der nebligen Himmel, der traurigen Horizonte,
der kurzen Abenddämmerungen, des blassen Morgenlichts,
ich sehe deine melancholischen Tage
wie einen Strom vorüberziehen.

Auf den Schwingen des Bedauerns getragen,
- als ob man seine Jahre noch einmal leben könnte! - ,
fliegen meine Gedanken träumend über jene verzauberten Höhen,
wo einst meine Jugend lachte.

Im klaren Licht einer gewonnenen Erinnerung fühle ich,
wie die verstreuten Rosensträuße wieder aufblühen
und Tränen in den Augen aufsteigen,
Tränen, die mein Herz mit zwanzig schon vergessen hatte.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2004 by Bertram Kottmann, (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.
Bertram Kottmann. Contact: BKottmann (AT) t-online.de
If you wish to commission a new translation, please contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Chanson d’automne", written 1878, appears in Les Ailes d’Or, poésies nouvelles 1878-1880, in 5. Vers pour être chantés, no. 19, Paris, Bibliothèque-Charpentier, first published 1880
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view

This text was added to the website: 2004-12-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 80