Red evening clouds drift across the heavens

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by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Hungarian (Magyar)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament,
Sehnsuchtsvoll nach dir,
Mein Lieb, das Herze brennt,
Himmel strahlt in glühnder Pracht,
Und ich träum bei Tag und Nacht
Nur allein von dem süßen Liebchen mein.

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Text Authorship:

by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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a text in Hungarian (Magyar) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament", op. 103 no. 11 (1887/8), published 1888 [ voice or SATB chorus and piano ], from Zigeunerlieder, no. 11, Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gunnar de Frumerie (1908 - 1987), "Rote Abendwolken", 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Zigeunerlieder, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Melcher Svensson (1882 - 1961), "Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament", 1910, orchestrated 1920 [ voice and piano ], from Acht Zigeunerlieder, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Le rosse nuvole della sera viaggiano in cielo", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 32

Red evening clouds drift across the...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Red evening clouds drift across the heavens;
Full of longing for you,
My love, my heart burns;
The sky blazes in glowing splendour,
And I dream day and night
Of my sweet beloved alone.

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a text in Hungarian (Magyar) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 34