by Georg Heym (1887 - 1912)
Translation © by Christopher Middleton (b. 1926)
O weiter, weiter Abend. Da verglühen
Language: German (Deutsch)
O weiter, weiter Abend. Da verglühen Die langen Hügel an dem Horizont, Wie klare Träume Landschaft bunt besonnt. O weiter Abend, wo die Saaten sprühen Des Tages Licht zurück in goldnem Schein. Hoch oben singen Schwalben, winzig klein. Auf allen Feldern glitzert ihre Jagd, Im Wald des Rohres und in hellen Buchten, Wo hohe Masten stehn. Doch in den Schluchten Der Hügel hinten nistet schon die Nacht.
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Text Authorship:
- by Georg Heym (1887 - 1912), appears in Der Himmel Trauerspiel [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Christopher Middleton (b. 1926) , copyright © ITA ; composed by Samuel Barber.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Iain S. Gillis) , "O boundless, boundless evening", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "O vasta, immensa sera", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Iain S. Gillis
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-14
Line count: 10
Word count: 67
O boundless, boundless evening
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
O boundless, boundless evening. Soon the glow [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Christopher Middleton (b. 1926), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Heym (1887 - 1912), appears in Der Himmel Trauerspiel
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "O boundless, boundless evening", op. 45 no. 3, published 1972, from Three Songs, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 10
Word count: 75