Soul | Twilight extinguishes the last lights

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by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Seele

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Dämmerung löscht die letzten Lichter,
noch ein irrer Schall und Schein,
und die Nacht hüllt dicht und dichter
alles Leben ein:

Und die Erde will nun schlafen;
aber ruhelos bist du,
steuerst aus dem stillen Hafen
deinen Sternen zu.

Text Authorship:

by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916) [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 Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 - 1937), "Seele", op. 17 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 10 (1907), also set in Polish (Polski) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Seele", op. 23 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4, first performed 1908 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Stanisław Barącz (1864 - 1936) ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Soul", copyright © 2019

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

Soul

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Twilight extinguishes the last lights,
one more errant sound and gleam,
and more and more closely the night
enfolds all life:

And the earth wishes to fall sleep now,
but you are wakeful;
out of the quiet port you navigate 
toward your stars.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 by Emily Ezust
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-06-10
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Word count: 43