Evening bells | The bells, they ring for a good night

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by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Abendgeläute

(Sung text for setting by J. Blied)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Die Glocken, läuten zur guten Nacht,
Die Sterne halten am Himmel Wacht;
Die Glocken, läuten zum Thal hinein,
Sie läuten bis in die Seele mein.

  Und wie sie läuten, da regen sich
Die Jugend Träume so wonniglich; --
Die alten Tage so rosenschön,
Mir ist es, als müßten sie aufersteh'n.

 ... 

  O Sonnenglanz, und du Waldesblüh'n,
O Vogelschlag, und du Haide grün;
Du meiner Jugend Lieb' und Lust,
Wie wachet ihr auf in meiner Brust!

  Nun aber bei der Glocke Rast
Bewegt zu Thränen bin ich fast;
Wohin, o fröhlicher Jugendsinn,
Wohin mein Leben, wohin, wohin?

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4-5 of the original text.

Composition:

Jakob Blied

Liederkranz. Lieder-Cyclus für vierstimmigen Männerchor

Text Authorship:

by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition], in Abendgeläute , no. 2

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Evening bells", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Evening bells

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Blied)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  The bells, they ring for a good night,
So that the moon and stars have woken;
The bells, they ring out into the valley,
They ring as well into my soul.

  And as they ring, the dreams of my youth 
Bestir themselves so blissfully; --
The olden days so rosily beautiful,
It seems to me that they must arise anew.

 ... 

  Oh radiance of the sun, oh blossoming of the forest,
Oh bird song, oh green heath;
Oh love and bliss of my youth,
How you waken in my breast!

  But now, at the ceasing of the bells,
I am almost moved to tears;
Whither, you happy spirit of my youth,
Whither my life, whither, whither?

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4-5 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition], in Abendgeläute , no. 2
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