Evening clouds | Westerly I see clouds

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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)

Translation © by John H. Campbell

Abendwolken

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Wolken seh' ich abendwärts 
ganz in reinste Glut getaucht, 
Wolken ganz in Licht zerhaucht, 
die so schwül gedunkelt hatten. 
Ja, mir sagt mein ahnend' Herz:
Einst noch werden, ob auch spät, 
wenn die Sonne niedergeht, 
mir verklärt der Seele Schatten.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Abendwolken", appears in Lieder [author's text not yet checked 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 Heinrich XXIV. Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz (1855 - 1910), "Abendwolken", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Abendwolken ", op. 25 (Sechs Quartette für gemischten Chor a capella) no. 6, published 1875 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Abendwolken", op. 57 (Sieben Lieder) no. 5 (1912) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Abendwolken", op. 152 (Sechs Lieder für Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1876 [ alto and piano ], Leipzig, Seitz [sung text not yet checked]
by (Johann) Melchior Ernst Sachs (1843 - c1910), "Abendwolken ", op. 7 (Sieben Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1875 [ mixed chorus ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Abendwolken", op. 20 no. 6 (1910) [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Uhland und Eichendorff , no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "Evening clouds", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nuages du soir", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: John H. Campbell

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

Evening clouds

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 Westerly I see clouds
 fully colored as purest embers,
 Clouds completely diffused in light,
 and becoming oppressively dark.
 Yes, my dreading heart tells me:
 as now it becomes late and still,
 as the sun goes down,
 shadows transfigure my soul.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Abendwolken", appears in Lieder
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 41