by
Wilhelm Weigand (1862 - 1949)
Sommerabend
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CHI ENG FRE NOR
Du Sommerabend! Heilig, goldnes Licht!
In sanftem Glühen steht die Flur entzündet.
Kein Laut, der dieses Friedens Lauschen bricht,
in ein Gefühl ist alles hingemündet.
Auch meine Seele sehnt sich nach der Nacht
und nach des Dunkels taugeperltem Steigen
und will nur lauschen, wie in Rosenpracht
die dunklen Himmelsstunden leuchtend schweigen.
Confirmed with Wilhelm Weigand, In der Frühe, Leipzig und Berlin: Georg Heinrich Meyer Heimatverlag, 1901, page 27. Appears in Im Übergang.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , " 夏日傍晚", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Summer evening", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Soir d'été", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Sommerkveld", copyright © 2008, (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.
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Word count: 51
Summer evening
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Summer evening! Holy, golden light!
In this gentle glow, the meadow is enkindled.
No sound interrupts this idyllic peace,
In a sense, everything has dissipated.
My soul also longs for the night
And for the dew-pearled advance of the darkness
And I want purely to listen, in this rosy splendor,
To the radiant stillness of the dark, heavenly hours.
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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-24
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