Summer night . . | Wheat stalks and flowers bent

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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sommernacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FIN

Ähren und Blumen sanken
unter unserm Schritt.
Den Duft der Reife nahmst du 
im Haare mit.

Und taumelig weiter und weiter
in Ähren und Blumen hinein!
Über uns sangen die Sterne,
und du [wardst]¹ mein . . .

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• Y. Kilpinen

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Confirmed with Albert Sergel, Jenseits der Straße. Gedichte und Stimmungen, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckmann & Wette), 1905, page 20.

¹ Kilpinen: "warst"

Text Authorship:

by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Sommernacht . .", appears in Jenseits der Strasse: Gedichte und Stimmungen, in Hinter Dorn und Heckenrosen [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), "Sommernacht", op. 76 no. 2 (1932-1933?) [ voice and piano ], from Lauluja Albert Sergelin runoihin, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Summer night . .", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kesäyö", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

Summer night . .

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Wheat stalks and flowers bent
under our steps.
You took the scent of ripeness
With you in your hair.

And reeling farther and farther
into the wheat and flowers!
Above us the stars sang,
and you [became]1 mine . . .

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¹ Kilpinen: "were"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Sommernacht . .", appears in Jenseits der Strasse: Gedichte und Stimmungen, in Hinter Dorn und Heckenrosen
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This text was added to the website: 2023-11-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 42