by Aloys Wilhelm Schreiber (1761 - 1841)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Du heilig, glühend Abendroth!
Der Himmel will in Glanz zerrinnen,
So scheiden Märterer von hinnen
Holdlächelnd in dem Liebestod.

Des Aufgangs Berge still und grau,
Am Grab des Tags die hellen Gluten,
Der Schwan auf purpurrothen Fluten,
Und jeder Halm im Silberthau!

O Sonne, Gottesstrahl, du bist
Nie herrlicher, als im Entfliehn,
Du willst uns gern hinüberziehn,
Wo deines Glanzes Urquell ist.

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Das Abendrot", op. posth. 173 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, D 627 (1818), published 1867 [ bass, piano ], C. A. Spina, VN 19179, Wien

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het avondrood", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The glow of sunset", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Coucher de soleil", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Rosso di sera", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 68