Autumn night | Upon the shoulders of shamefaced beech trees rests

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by Hanns Johst (1890 - 1978)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Herbstnacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Auf den Schultern verschämter Buchen ruht
Des braunen Abends lächelndes Gesicht.
Und eine Wolke -- wie im Übermut
Den welken Tag von dunklen Zweigen bricht.

Um eine Fichte kreisen fröstelnd Sterne;
Die Turmuhr zwang sie in das Zeitgehäuse.
Den Schlaf der Giebel und den Traum der Ferne
Umflattern schwarze Fledermäuse . . .

Confirmed with Hanns Johst, Lieder der Sehnsucht, München: Albert Langen, 1924, page 28.

Text Authorship:

by Hanns Johst (1890 - 1978), "Herbstnacht" [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 Hans Erich Apostel (1901 - 1972), "Herbstnacht", op. 3 no. 2, published 1931 [voice and piano], Universal Edition, Wien & Leipzig, Nr. 5306 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Autumn night", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-09-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 52

Autumn night

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Upon the shoulders of shamefaced beech trees rests
The brown evening’s smiling visage.
And a cloud -- as if in high spirits
Breaks the wilted day from dark branches.

About a fir tree shivering stars revolve;
The tower clock forced them into the casing of time.
Black bats flutter about
The sleep of the gables and the dream of the distance . . .

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hanns Johst (1890 - 1978), "Herbstnacht"
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This text was added to the website: 2018-09-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 63