September | There are the dearest days in the year for me

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by Agnes Miegel (1879 - 1964)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

September

(Sung text for setting by F. Grimm)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Dies sind die letzten Tage mir im Jahr:
Die Astern blühen in den Beeten,
Die Luft ist kirchenstill und blau und klar
Und ganz erfüllt vom Dufte der Reseden.

Kein Vogelschlag durchdringt den Sonnenschein
Doch unablässig zirpen die Zikaden, --
 Bei ihrem Singen geh' ich einmal ein
Nach langen Jahren zu des Himmels Gnaden.

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Composition:

Friedrich Karl Grimm

Lieder der Empfindsamkeit

Text Authorship:

by Agnes Miegel (1879 - 1964), "September", appears in Stimme des Herzens

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ENG English [singable] (Friedrich Karl Grimm) , "September"
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "September", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-09-02
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Word count: 65

September

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Grimm)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

There are the last days in the year for me:
The asters are blooming in the flowerbeds,
The air is as quiet as a church, and blue and clear
And utterly full of the scent of the mignonettes.

No bird-call penetrates the sunshine
But the cicadas chirp incessantly, --
 Accompanied by their singing I shall someday
After long years enter into the mercies of Heaven.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Agnes Miegel (1879 - 1964), "September", appears in Stimme des Herzens
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This text was added to the website: 2024-09-04
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