Snowy, silent fields | Snowy, silent fields

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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Alexander K. Puhrer

Eingeschneite stille Felder

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Eingeschneite stille Felder
dehnen sich um meinen Weg,
unter meinen Nägelschuhen
knirscht der eisbezogene Steg.

Winterblanke Sterne stehen
stumm in ihrer kalten Höh,
brummt der Wind mir in die Ohren:
Winterkälte, Winterweh . .

Droben starren dunkle Wälder,
in der Luft ein Rabenschrei . .
Und ich wandre wegverloren,
heimatlos und vogelfrei . . .

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Sehnen und Suchen, Vierte Auflage, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckman & Wetter), 1905, page 70.

Text Authorship:

by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), no title, appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Schweifen, o Schweifen!, in Vagus Scholasticus, no. 10 [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 Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Eingeschneite stille Felder", op. 77 no. 2 (1932-3), from Spielmannslieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Alexander K. Puhrer) , "Snowy, silent fields", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 55

Snowy, silent fields

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 Snowy, silent fields
 stretch from my path.
 The ice covered trail crunches 
 under my spiked shoes.
 
 Bare winter stars stand
 silently in their cold heights,
 the wind growls in my ears:
 wintercold, winterpain.
 
 Dark forests tower above,
 A raven's shriek hangs in the air.
 And I wander lost,
 homeless and shunned.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), no title, appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Schweifen, o Schweifen!, in Vagus Scholasticus, no. 10
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 52