The fields glowed round about | The fields glowed round about

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by Gustav Kastropp (1844 - 1925)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es glühten rings die Felder

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Es glühten rings die Felder
Im heißen Sonnenbrand,
Da stand ich auf dem Berge
Am külen [sic] Waldesrand.

Die Glocken hört' ich tönen,
Sah einen schwarzen Zug,
Der einen müden Pilger
Zur Ruhestätte trug.

Den Sarg ließ man hernieder,
Deckt ihn mit Erde zu --
Der findet in dem Grabe
Die längst ersehnte Ruh.

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Confirmed with Gustav Kastropp, König Elf’s Lieder. Eine lyrische Rhapsodie, Zweite Auflage, Stuttgart: Verlag von Adolf Bonz & Comp., 1877, page 61

Text Authorship:

by Gustav Kastropp (1844 - 1925), no title, appears in König Elfs Lieder, in 3. Dritter Teil. Untreue, no. 61, first published 1875 [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 Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Es glühten rings die Felder", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Harold. Eine Folge von neun Gesängen aus Kastropp's lyrischer Rhapsodie "König Elf's Lieder" , no. 9, Mannheim, Heckel [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The fields glowed round about", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 53

The fields glowed round about

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The fields glowed round about
In the hot burning of the sun,
I stood upon the mountain
By the cool edge of the forest.

The bells I heard a-tolling,
Saw a black procession,
In which a tired pilgrim
Was being borne to his resting place.

They let the coffin down,
Covered it with soil --
In the grave he shall find
The rest long yearned for.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Gustav Kastropp (1844 - 1925), no title, appears in König Elfs Lieder, in 3. Dritter Teil. Untreue, no. 61, first published 1875
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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 65