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Sei willkommen, Zwielichtstunde! Dich vor allen lieb' ich längst, Die du, lindernd jede Wunde, Unsre Seele mild umfängst. Hin durch deine Dämmerhelle, In den Lüften, abendfeucht, Schweben Bilder, die der grelle Schein des lauten Tags gescheucht. Träume und Erinnerungen Nahen aus der Kinderzeit, Flüstern mit den Geisterzungen Von vergangner Seligkeit. Und zu Jugendlust-Genossen Kehren wir ins Vaterhaus; Arme, die uns einst umschlossen, Breiten neu sich nach uns aus. Nach dem Trennungsschmerz, dem langen, Dürfen wir noch einmal nun Denen, die dahingegangen, Am geliebten Herzen ruhn; Und indes zum Augenlide Sanft der Schlummer niederrint, Sinkt auf uns ein sel'ger Friede Aus dem Land, wo jene sind.
Authorship:
- by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), "Abenddämmerung", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Vermischte Gedichte [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Abenddämmerung", op. 49 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 5 (1867), published 1868 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Abenddämmerung", op. 88 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl (Friedrich Christian) Mettenheimer (1824 - 1898), "Abenddämmerung", published 1897 [ baritone and piano ], from [Elf] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, Heft 4. Fünf Lieder für Bariton, no. 5, Hamburg, Leichssenring [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Crepuscle", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Avondschemering", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Twilight", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Crépuscule du soir", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 105
Be welcome, hour of twilight! Long have I loved you above all; You soothe every wound, Gently embracing our souls. Throughout your dusky brightness In the air, damp with evening dew, Hover images that the glaring Light of the noisy day dispells. Dreams and memories Approach from childhood times, Whispering with ghostly tongues Of past happiness. And to the comrades of our youthful pleasures We turn in our father's house; Arms that once embraced us Are open wide to us again. After the long pain of separation, We may once again Be with those who have gone hence, And rest among beloved hearts; And until upon our eyelids Slumber gently flows down, A blessed peace sinks down upon us From the land where our friends are.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), "Abenddämmerung", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Vermischte Gedichte
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 126