Im letzten Abendlicht | Im letzten Abendlicht

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

By a departing light

Language: English

Our translations: GER ITA

Chosen for Diff

By a departing light
we see acuter, quite,
than by a wick that stays.
There's something in the flight
that clarifies the sight
and decks the rays.

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [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 Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "By a departing light", 1999 [ satb chorus a cappella ], from By a departing light, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Im letzten Abendlicht", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Quando una luce ci lascia", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2007-09-21
Line count: 6
Word count: 27

Im letzten Abendlicht

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Chosen for Diff

Im letzten Abendlicht
wird deutlicher die Sicht
als im beständ'gen Schein.
Bewirkt sein Schwinden nicht,
dass klarer alles spricht,
geschmückt und rein?

Text Authorship:

Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2007 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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This text was added to the website: 2007-09-21
Line count: 6
Word count: 22