El capvespre de tardor (Salis-Seewis, set by (Peter Joseph Lindpaintner, Vincenzo Righini, Franz Peter Schubert, Johann Vesque von Püttlingen)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Der Herbstabend

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE

Abendglocken-Halle zittern
[Dumpf durch]¹ Moorgedüfte hin;
Hinter jenes Kirchhofs Gittern
Blaßt des Dämmerlichts Karmin.

Aus umstürmten Lindenzweigen
Rieselt welkes Laub herab,
Und gebleichte Gräser beugen
Sich auf ihr bestimmtes Grab.

Freundin! wankt, im Abendwinde,
Bald auch Gras auf meiner Gruft,
Schwärmt das Laub um ihre Linde
Ruhelos in feuchter Luft,

[Wenn]² schon meine Rasenstelle
Nur dein welker Kranz noch ziert,
Und auf Lethes leiser Welle
Sich mein Nebelbild verliert:

Lausche dann! Im Blätterschauer
Wird es dir vernehmlich wehn:
Jenseits schwindet jede Trauer;
Treue wird sich wiedersehn!

F. Schubert sets stanzas 1-3

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Confirmed with Gedichte von J. G. von Salis. Gesammelt durch seinen Freund Friedrich Matthisson. Zürich, bey Orell, Gessner, Füssli und Compagnie. 1793, pages 33-34; with Gedichte von J.G. von Salis. Neue Auflage. Zürich, bey Orell Füßli und Compagnie. 1808, pages 94-95; and with Gedichte von J. G. von Salis. Neueste Auflage. Wien 1815. Bey B. Ph. Bauer, pages 87-88.

¹ Schubert (second version only): "Durch die"
² Righini, Salis (1808 edition): "Wann"

Authorship

by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Der Herbstabend", subtitle: "An sie", written 1787-92 [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 Peter Joseph Lindpaintner (1791 - 1856), "Der Herbstabend", published c1815 [ voice and guitar or piano ], from Zwölf Lieder, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
by Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812), "Der Herbstabend", subtitle: "An Sie", op. 9 (Zwölf deutsche Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 10, published 1803 [ voice and piano ], from Sammlung deutscher und italienischer Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, Heft VI, no. 3, opus 9 published in 1803, Berlin: Johann Friedrich Starcke ; also included in the Sammlung published in 1807, Leipzig: Bei Ambrosius Kühnel (Bureau de Musique.) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Herbstabend", D 405 (1816), published 1895, stanzas 1-3 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Der Herbstabend", op. 8 (Balladen, Romanzen und Lieder) no. 2 (1831?) [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El capvespre de tardor", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De herfstavond", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The autumn evening", copyright ©
ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "The autumn evening", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le soir d'automne", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 86

El capvespre de tardor

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

L’eco de les campanes del vespre vibra
somort al llarg de la flaire de l’aiguamoll;
darrere les reixes del cementiri,
el carmí de la llum del crepuscle s’esblaima.

De les branques del til•ler sacsejades per la tempesta
cauen les fulles seques
i l’herbam empal•lidit es vincla
vers la seva indefectible tomba.






Quan tan sols el meu tros de gespa estigui ja ornat
per la teva garlanda marcida
i damunt les plàcides ones del Leteu
es perdi la meva boirosa imatge:

aleshores escolta! En el fremir de les fulles
ho sentiràs alenar perceptiblement:
al més enllà tota tristor desapareix,
els fidels es tornen a veure.

Authorship

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2018 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Der Herbstabend", subtitle: "An sie", written 1787-92

This text was added to the website: 2018-04-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 104