Der Sommer geht zu Ende
Language: German (Deutsch)
Der Sommer [geht]1 zu Ende,
Ach Liebchen, gehst auch du
Und läßt mich ohne Ruh'
Bei dieser Sonnenwende?
Wenn alle Vöglein fliehen
Und keines bleiben will,
Dann wird's im Walde still,
Bis sie zurücke ziehen;
Doch wen verläßt die Liebe,
Dem ist's im Herzen gar,
Als ob viel tausend Jahr'
Der eine Winter bliebe.
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Gedichte von Wilhelm Osterwald, Dritte umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig, Verlag von F. G. C. Leuckart (Constantin Sander), 1873, p. 16.
1 Franz: "ist"
Text Authorship:
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 Franz (1815 - 1892), "Sonnenwende", op. 37 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 5 (1866?), published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Sommerwende", op. 29 no. 3, published 1878 [ men's chorus ], from Sechs Lieder im Volkston für Männerchor, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (E. S. Willcox) , "Summer solstice"
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2013-12-08
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Word count: 55
The summer approaches its end
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The summer [approaches its end]1,
Ah darling, are you too departing
And leaving me without peace
At this solstice?
When all the little birds flee
And none of them wishes to stay,
Then it grows quiet in the forest
Until they return;
But he whom love forsakes,
In his heart he feels
As if for many thousands of years
There has been an unending winter.
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Translated titles:
"Sonnenwende" = "Solstice"
"Sommerwende" = "Midsummer"
1 Franz: "has ended"
Text Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-03
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Word count: 67