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by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894)

Wie wenn im frost'gen Luftzug tödtlich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Wie wenn [im frost'gen Luftzug]1 tödtlich
Des Sommers letzte Blüthe krankt,
Und hier und da nur, [gelb]2 und röthlich,
Ein [einzles]3 Blatt im [Windhauch]4 schwankt:

So schauert über mein Leben
Ein nächtig trüber, kalter Tag;
Warum noch vor dem Tode beben,
O Herz, mit deinem [ew'gen]5 Schlag?

Sieh rings entblättert das Gestäude!
Was spielst du, wie der Wind [am]6 Strauch,
Noch mit der letzten, welken Freude?
Gib dich zur Ruh! [Bald]7 stirbt sie auch.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Brahms •   H. Esser •   J. Rheinberger 

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Confirmed with Ein Münchner Dichterbuch, Herausgegeben von Emanuel Geibel, Stuttgart: Verlag von A. Kröner, 1862, [page 63].

1 Brahms: "vom frost'gen Windhauch"; Rheinberger, Schäffer: "im frost'gen Windhauch" (further changes may exist not shown)
2 Rheinberger: "welk"
3 Rheinberger: "einzeln"
4 Esser: "Windeshauche"
5 Rheinberger: "letzten"
6 Rheinberger: "im"
7 Rheinberger: "Balde"

Text Authorship:

  • by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), "Herbstgefühl", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Liebesgedichte und Lieder, first published 1866 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Herbstgefühl", op. 48 (Sieben Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 7 (1867), published 1868 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Aus den Liedern und Balladen von Friedrich von Schack", op. 67 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Lieder aus dem Münchner Dichterbuche für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Wie, wenn im frost'gen Windhauch", JWV 134 no. 5, from 5 Lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Julius Schäffer (1823 - 1902), "Gieb dich zur Ruh", op. 13 (Vier Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1877 [ mixed chorus ], Breslau, Hainauer  [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (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) , "Sensation of Autumn", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sentiment d'automne", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 81

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