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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Zu Golde ward die Welt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Zu Golde ward die Welt;
Zu lange traf
Der Sonne süßer Strahl
Das Blatt, den Zweig.
Nun neig
Dich, Welt hinab
In Winterschlaf.

Bald sinkt's von droben dir
In flockigen Geweben
Verschleiernd zu -
Und bringt dir Ruh,
O Welt,
O dir, zu Gold geliebtes Leben,
Ruh.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Herbst", appears in Ein Sommer, Verse [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 Henk Bijvanck (1909 - 1969), "Zu Golde ward die Welt" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Herbst", op. 70 (Neun Lieder) no. 3 (1943/44) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinz Holliger (b. 1939), "Herbst", 1956/7 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 6, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Horwitz, né Curt Horwitz (1884 - 1925), "Herbst", op. 9 no. 3, published <<1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Herbst", op. 172 no. 1 (2009) [ voice and piano ], from Vier Herbstlieder nach Christian Morgenstern, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wilhelm Petersen (1890 - 1957), "Herbst", op. 41 (Vier Lieder) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Herbst", op. 11 no. 12 (1933-4) [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Peter Palmer) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Automne", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Matthias Gräff-Schestag

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 46

Automne
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Le monde s'est changé en or ;
Les doux rayons du soleil
Ont trop longtemps frappé
La feuille, le rameau.
Maintenant penche-toi,
Monde, vers le bas,
Dans le sommeil de l'hiver.

Bientôt de là-haut
Un tissu floconneux
T'enveloppera –
Et t'apportera le repos,
Ô monde,
Ô à toi, à cette chère vie devenant or,
Le repos.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Pierre Mathé, (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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2014-03-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 55

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