Dreary times | Now the restless winds

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Trübe Zeit

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Nun streichen die friedlosen Winde
So scheu durchs Land,
Nun liegen die Blätter der Rosen
So fahl im Sand.

Und was er von Treue gesprochen
Zur Frühlingszeit,
Das wanderte fort mit den Winden,
Ach weit, so weit.

Es hallen die Glocken vom Thurme --
Wie klingts so schwer,
Als ob eine sündige Seele
Gestorben wär.

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, Fünfte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 108.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Trübe Zeit", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 4. Fremdes Leben, no. 27 [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 Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Trübe Zeit", op. 3 (6 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier) no. 6 (1920) [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Dreary times", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Jours troubles", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-07-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 54

Dreary times

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Now the restless winds
Sweep so shyly through the land,
Now the petals of the roses lie
So colourlessly in the sand.

And what he said of faithfulness
In the springtime,
That wandered off with the winds,
Ah far, so far.

The bells ring out from the tower --
How heavy it sounds,
As if a sinful soul
Had died.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Trübe Zeit", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 4. Fremdes Leben, no. 27
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 59