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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Hesperus, der blasse Funken
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Hesperus, der blasse Funken,
Blinkt und winkt uns traurig zu.
Wieder ist ein Tag gesunken
In die stille Todesruh';

Leichte Abendwölkchen schweben
Hin im sanften Mondesglanz,
Und aus bleichen Rosen weben
Sie dem toten Tag den Kranz.

Friedhof der entschlaf'nen Tage,
Schweigende Vergangenheit!
Du begräbst des Herzens Klage,
Ach, und seine Seligkeit!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Vergangenheit", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Erinnerung [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 Károly Aggházy (1855 - 1918), "Vergangenheit", op. 31 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kiesler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Vergangenheit ", op. 69 (Dichtungen von Lenau, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 18, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Heinefetter (1833 - 1934), "Vergangenheit", op. 19 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Albert Moeschinger (1897 - 1985), "Vergangenheit", published [1925] [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Nikolaus Lenau, no. 5, Zürich ; Leipzig : Hug [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hugo Riemann (1849 - 1919), "Hesperus der blasse Funken", op. 17 no. 4, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Abend-Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Bielefeld, Sulzer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Vergangenheit", op. 36 no. 17 (1923) [ voice and chamber orchestra ], from Elegie: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Nikolaus Lenau und Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 17, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Vergangenheit", WoO. 14 (1904) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz (August Julius) Schreker (1878 - 1934), "Vergangenheit", 1906 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Heinrich Samuel "Marcel" Sulzberger (1876 - 1941), "Vergangenheit", 1911 [ soprano and piano ], Zentralbibliothek Zürich, MS [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julie von Waldburg-Wurzach, Fürstin (b. 1841), "Vergangenheit", op. 33 (Lieder-Album für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Bösendorfer  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Vergangenheit", op. 51 no. 8 (1910), from Abendlieder, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Passé", copyright © 2011, (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: 12
Word count: 52

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