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Purpur malt die Tannenhügel Nach der Sonne Scheideblick, Lieblich stralt des Baches Spiegel Hespers [Fackelglanz]1 zurück. Wie in Todtenhallen düster Wirds im Pappelweidenhain, Unter leisem Blattgeflüster Schlummern alle Vögel ein. Nur dein Abendlied, o Grille! Tönt noch, aus bethautem Grün, Durch der Dämmrung [Zauberhülle]2 Süße Trauermelodien. Tönst du einst im Abendhauche, Grillchen, auf mein frühes Grab, Aus der Freundschaft Rosenstrauche Deinen Klaggesang herab: Wird [mein Geist noch stets]3 dir lauschen, Horchend wie er jetzt dir lauscht, Durch des Hügels [Blumen rauschen]4, Wie dies Sommerlüftchen rauscht!
E. Zumsteeg sets stanzas 1, 4-5
Confirmed with Gedichte von Friedrich von Matthisson. Erster Theil. Tübingen, bei Cotta, 1811, pages 29-30, and with Gedichte von Matthisson. Fünfte vermehrte Auflage. Zürich, bei Orell, Füssli und Compagnie. 1802, pages 213-214.
The first edition (Dessau, 1783) has the correct creation date (1780) and an additional (fourth) stanza which was left out in later editions:
Singt das bange Herz in Schlummer, Hemmt der Zähren wilden Lauf, Lös't der Liebe tiefsten Kummer Selbst in stille Wehmuth auf!1 Matthisson (1791 and 1792 editions), and Rust: "zitternd Bild"
2 Matthisson (1783 edition): "Rosenhülle"
3 Matthisson (editions prior to 1811), and Rust, Schubert, Zumsteeg: "noch stets mein Geist"
4 Schubert: "Blumenrauschen"
Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Der Abend", written 1780, appears in Gedichte aus den Studienjahren (1778-1781), first published 1783 [author's text checked 3 times 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 Ludwig Abeille (1761 - 1838), "Der Abend" [ voice and piano ], the third of a set [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Abeille (1761 - 1838), "Der Abend " [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Elegien von F. v. Matthisson für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. Mühlenbruch , "Der Abend", op. 2 no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812), "Der Abend", op. 11 no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739 - 1796), "Der Abend ", published 1784 [ voice and piano ], from Oden und Lieder aus den besten deutschen Dichtern, Erste Sammlung, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739 - 1796), "Der Abend", published 1796 [ voice and piano ], from Oden und Lieder aus den besten deutschen Dichtern, Zweite Sammlung, no. 7, Leipzig: Bei Georg August Grieshammer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Abend", D 108 (1814) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emilie Zumsteeg (1796 - 1857), "Der Abend", stanzas 1,4-5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Robert Lucas Pearsall.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El capvespre", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De avond", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The evening", copyright ©
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "The evening", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le soir", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Antonio Zencovich) , "La sera", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 85
The pine hill is painted purple by the sun's departing glance; and the brook reflects beautifully Hesperus' glowing torch. If you trill sometime in the evening breeze, cricket, upon my early grave from the rosebushes of friendship, your lamenting song: My spirit will still listen to you, listening just as it now listens to you, through the hill's rustling flowers, just as this little summer breeze is rustling.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Der Abend", written 1780, appears in Gedichte aus den Studienjahren (1778-1781), first published 1783
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 68