Summer image | I saw the Summer's last rose standing

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by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Sommerbild

(Sung text for setting by P. Hindemith)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Ich sah des Sommers letzte Rose blühn,
  Sie war, als ob sie bluten könne, rot;
Da sprach ich schaudernd im Vorübergehn:
  So weit im Leben, ist zu nah am Tod!

Es regte sich kein Hauch am heißen Tag,
  Nur leise strich ein weisser Schmetterling;
Doch ob auch kaum die Luft sein Flügelschlag
  Bewegte, sie empfand es und verging.

Composition:

Paul Hindemith

Sieben Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Klavierbegleitung

Text Authorship:

by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), "Sommerbild", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Vermischte Gedichte

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ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Summer image", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Image d'été", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 61

Summer image

(Sung text translation for setting by P. Hindemith)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I saw the Summer's last rose ;
it was red, as if it could bleed;
then, , I spoke in passing:
"To be so far in life is to be too near to death!"

Not one breeze stirred on that hot day;
only a white butterfly withdrew gently;
yet even though the beating of its wings hardly 
affected the air, the rose felt it and expired.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), "Sommerbild", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Vermischte Gedichte
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 69