Autumn song (Schöpff, set by (Robert Schumann)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Friedrich Wilhelm Traugott Schöpff (1826 - 1916), as Wilfried von der Neun

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Herbstlied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE

Durch die Tannen und die Linden
Spinnt schon Purpur her und hin;
Will mich Wehmut überwinden,
Daß ich bald im Herbste bin.

Nimmer! denn vom Walde klingen
Märlein mir und Sprüchelein,
Die mir süße Tröstung bringen
Ob erstorbnem Sonnenschein.

Ja, erstorben ist die Sonne
Und ihr Strahl ist ohne Macht!
Dennoch spricht von ferner Wonne
Greiser Wipfel Farbenpracht.

Authorship

by Friedrich Wilhelm Traugott Schöpff (1826 - 1916), as Wilfried von der Neun [author's text not yet checked 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 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Herbstlied", op. 89 no. 3 (1850), published 1850 [voice and piano], from Sechs Gesänge von Wilfried von der Neun, no. 3, Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Herfstlied", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Autumn song", copyright © 2015
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant d'automne", copyright © 2017, (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: 12
Word count: 58

Autumn song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Through the fir trees and the lindens,
purple light weaves back and forth;
Melancholy tries to overwhelm me with the thought
that soon I too will be in [my] autumn.

Never! for from the woods come sounds --
tales and messages for me --
that bring me sweet comfort
despite the dying sunlight.

Yes, the sun has died away
and its radiance has no strength!
Yet the vibrant splendor of venerable treetops 
still speaks of far-off delight.

Authorship

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Emily Ezust
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Based on

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Wilhelm Traugott Schöpff (1826 - 1916), as Wilfried von der Neun

This text was added to the website: 2015-01-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 75