‘The hour is late, the glow is gone

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

Translation © by Timothy Adès

Waldesgespräch

(Sung text for setting by R. Schumann)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE FRE HEB IRI ITA ITA NOR POR SPA

Es ist schon spät, es ist schon kalt,
Was reitst du einsam durch den Wald?
Der Wald ist lang, du bist allein,
Du schöne Braut! Ich führ dich heim!

"Groß ist der Männer Trug und List,
Vor Schmerz mein Herz gebrochen ist,
Wohl irrt das Waldhorn her und hin,
O flieh! Du weißt nicht, wer ich bin."

So reich geschmückt ist Roß und Weib,
So wunderschön der junge Leib,
Jetzt kenn ich dich - Gott steh mir bei!
Du bist die Hexe Lorelei. -

"Du kennst mich wohl - von hohem Stein
Schaut still mein Schloß tief in den Rhein.
Es ist schon spät, es ist schon kalt,
Kommst nimmermehr aus diesem Wald."

Composition:

Robert Schumann

Liederkreis von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff

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Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Waldgespräch", appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Conversa al bosc", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Conversation in the wood", copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Forest encounter", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Timothy Adès) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (David Le Marrec) , "Il est déjà tard, il fait déjà froid", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) [singable] (David Le Marrec) , "Il est bien tard, il fait bien froid", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Conversation dans la forêt", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "שיחה ביער", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Dialogo nel bosco", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Conversazione nel bosco", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Samtale i skogen", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Conversa na floresta", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "Conversación en el bosque", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 16
Word count: 112

‘The hour is late, the glow is gone

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Schumann)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

‘The hour is late, the glow is gone,
And through the wood you ride alone.
No friend at hand, the wood is wide,
I’ll bring you home, you lovely bride.’

‘Men have such cunning to deceive.
They broke my heart, I burn, I grieve.
The wood-horn’s echoes come and go.
Flee! I am one you do not know.’

‘Both horse and lady richly dight,
Fair form of youth, a noble sight.
I know you now – pray God be nigh!
You are the witch, the Lorelei!’

‘You know me well! That hall is mine,
That waits and broods above the Rhine.
The hour is late, the glow is gone,
Here you shall stay, my thrall, my own!’

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Translation of title "Waldgespräch = "Words in the Wood"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Waldgespräch", appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen
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