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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Seht, wie die Sonne dort sinket
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
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Seht, wie die Sonne dort sinket 
Drüben am Himmelsgezelt! 
Seht wie der Abendstern blinket
Frieden und Ruh' in die Welt! 
Helle hallet die Glocke, 
Sie läutet zur Ruh'.
O läute, du Glöcklein, --
O läute nur zu! 
Läute, du Glöcklein, nur zu! 
O läute zur stillen Ruh'.

Und wie der Klang nun verklinget, 
Wird auch verhallen dein Schmerz:
Kommt doch ein Abend und bringet
Frieden auch dir, o mein Herz! 
O mein sehnendes Herz du, 
O schlag immerzu! 
Mein klopfendes Herz du, 
Bald schweigest auch du,
Bald ja gelangest auch du,
[Du, du auch]1 zur stillen Ruh'.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Marschner 

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Confirmed with Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Erster Teil, Lyrische Gedichte, ed. by Augusta Weldler-Steinberg, Berlin / Leipzig / Wien / Stuttgart, Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1845, pages 104-105.

1 Marschner: "Du, auch du"

Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Abendlied", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Liebesleben [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 Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Das sehnende Herz", op. 162 no. 6, published 1853 [ baritone or alto and piano ], from Sechs Lieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, für tiefe Stimme (Bariton oder Alt), no. 6, Offenbach, André [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Charles Mikuli (1819 - 1897), "Abendlied", op. 29 (Sieben Lieder für S., A., T. und B.) no. 1, published 1880 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Jeffrey Williams) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Jeffrey Williams [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2015-05-05
Line count: 20
Word count: 97

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