October | It is the old singing

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by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Oktober

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Es ist das alte Singen
vom Herbste, der beginnt:
mit seinen Flatterdingen
im wehenden, wehenden Wind.

Es ist das alte Schmerzen,
weil alles gilbt und stirbt,
im Gras und in den Herzen
die Grille nicht mehr zirpt.

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Text Authorship:

by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965) [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 Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (1846 - 1926), "Oktober", 1903, published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from 24 Präludien für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 8, Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "October", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-08-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

October

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

It is the old singing
Of Autumn, which begins:
With its fluttering effects
In the blowing, blowing wind.
 
It is the old pain,
Because everything yellows and dies,
In the grass and in the hearts
The cricket no longer chirps.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 40