Summer night | Against the distant mountains a quickly passing

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by Detlev von Liliencron (1844 - 1909)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sommernacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

An ferne Berge schlug die Donnerkeulen
Ein rasch verrauschtes Nachmittagsgewitter.
Die Bauern zogen heim auf müden Gäulen,
Und singend kehrten Winzervolk und Schnitter.
Auf allen Dächern qualmten blaue Säulen
Genügsam himmelan, ein luftig Gitter.
Nun ist es Nacht, es geistern schon die Eulen,
Einsam aus einer Laube klingt die Zither.

Text Authorship:

by Detlev von Liliencron (1844 - 1909), "Sommernacht" [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 Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862 - 1930), "Sommernacht", op. 11 (Sieben Gesänge) no. 1, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Kreisende Ringe [sung text not yet checked]
by José Berr (1874 - 1947), "Sommernacht", op. 39 (Zwei Männerchöre) no. 2 [ men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Summer night", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nuit dété", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 50

Summer night

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Against the distant mountains a quickly passing
Afternoon storm crashed its thunderbolts.
The farmers rode home upon tired nags,
And, singing, the vintners and reapers returned.
Upon every roof blue columns of smoke
Puffed modestly toward heaven, an airy lattice.
Now it is night, the owls are already spooking about,
And a lonely zither sounds from out an arbour.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Detlev von Liliencron (1844 - 1909), "Sommernacht"
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This text was added to the website: 2013-10-31
Line count: 8
Word count: 59