In de herfst | Ach, hoe snel vergaan de dagen

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by Karl Klingemann (1798 - 1862)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Im Herbst

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG

Ach, wie schnell die Tage fliehen,
Wo die Sehnsucht neu erwacht,
Wo die Blumen wieder blühen;
Und der Frühling wieder lacht!

Alle Wonne soll erstehen,
In Erfüllung alles gehen.
Ach, wie schnell die Tage fliehen,
Wo die Sehnsucht neu erwacht!

Seht, die Tage gehn und kommen,
Zieh'n vorüber blütenschwer,
Sommerlust ist bald verglommen,
Und der Herbstwind rauscht daher.

Ach, das rechte Blühn und Grünen,
Es ist wieder nicht erschienen!
Ach, wie schnell die Tage fliehen,
Wo die Sehnsucht neu erwacht!

Text Authorship:

by Karl Klingemann (1798 - 1862) [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 Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Im Herbst", op. 9 (Zwölf Lieder [nos. 7, 10, and 12 are by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel]) no. 5 (1830) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A la tardor", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "In de herfst", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "In autumn", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 80

In de herfst

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Ach, hoe snel vergaan de dagen
Waarop ’t hunk’ren weer ontwaakt,
Waarop bloemen weer gaan bloeien,
En de lente grappen maakt!
 
Al die weelde moet weer komen,
Weer vervullen onze dromen.
Ach, hoe snel vergaan de dagen
Waarop ’t hunk’ren weer ontwaakt!
 
Zie, de dagen gaan en komen,
Gaan voorbij, van bloesem zwaar,
Zomerlust wordt weggenomen
En de herfstwind ruist van daar.
 
Ach, de echte bloei en ’t stralen
Liet zich weerom niet onthalen!
Ach, hoe snel vergaan de dagen¹
Waarop ’t hunk’ren weer ontwaakt!

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¹ Laatste herhaling bij Mendelssohn: "Ach, hoe snel vergaan ze."

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This text was added to the website: 2016-11-27
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