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Stille wird's im Walde; die lieben kleinen Sänger prüfen schaukelnd den Ast, der durch die Nacht dem neuen Fluge sie trägt, den neuen Liedern entgegen. Bald versinkt die Sonne; des Waldes Riesen Heben höher sich in die Lüfte, um noch Mit des Abends flüchtigen Rosen sich ihr Haupt zu bekränzen. Schon verstummt die Matte; den satten Rindern Selten nur enthallt das Geglock am Halse, Und es pflückt der wählende Zahn nur lässig Dunklere Gräser. Und dort blickt der schuldlos Hirt der Sonne Sinnend nach; dem Sinnenden jetzt entfallen Flöt und Stab, es falten die Hände sich zum Stillen Gebete.
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Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Oden, in Abendbilder, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Richard von Perger (1854 - 1911), "Abendbild", op. 18 (Drei Gesänge) no. 3, published 1890 [ SSA trio or chorus and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Stille wird's im Walde", from Abendbilder, no. 3
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 99
It grows quiet in the wood; the dear little singers on the swinging branch, which through the night will bear their new flights, experiment with new songs. Soon the sun begins to descend; the giants of the wood lift themselves higher into air, so that with the evening's fluttering roses they may wreathe their heads. Already the meadow is silent; only seldom can you hear the ringing from their necks, and their choosy teeth pick casually only the darker grass. And there the guileless herdsman gazes pensively after the sun; flute and stick now drop from the reflecting man's hands and he folds them for a silent prayer.
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Translations of titles:
"Abendbild" = "Evening picture"
"Stille wird's im Walde" = "It grows quiet in the wood"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Oden, in Abendbilder, no. 2
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 109