The babbling of the evening winds

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Abend in Sils‑Maria

(Sung text for setting by E. Märki)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Abendwinde lallen
Klagt erstickt im Laub,
Schwere Tropfen fallen
Einzeln in den Staub.

Aus den mürben Mauern
Moos und Farne quellen,
Alte Leute kauern
Schweigend auf der Schwelle

Krumme Hände lasten
Still auf steilen Knien,
Geben sich dem Rasten
Und Verwelken hin.

Überm Friedhof flügeln
Krähen schwarz und groß.
Auf den flachen Hügeln
Wuchert Farn und Moos.

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Composition:

Ernst Märki

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Müder Abend", written 1960

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 61

Evening in Sils‑Maria

(Sung text translation for setting by E. Märki)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Evening winds are babbling, 
Lamenting, suffocated, in the foliage,
Heavy drops fall
Singly into the dust.

From the crumbling walls
Moss and ferns well forth,
Old folks are cowering
Silently upon the threshold

Bent hands rest heavily and
Quietly upon steeply pitched knees,
Giving themselves up to resting
And to withering.

Above the graveyard soar
Crows, black and large.
Upon the flat hills
Ferns and mosses grow rampantly.

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This text was added to the website: 2017-10-31
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Word count: 74