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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Sommerfäden
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Mädchen, sieh, am Wiesenhange,
Wo wir oft gewandelt sind,
Sommerfäden, leichte, lange,
Gaukeln hin im Abendwind.

Deine Worte, [leicht]1 und munter
Flattern in die kühle Luft;
Keines mehr, wie sonst, hinunter
In des Herzens Tiefe ruft.

Künden mir die Sommerfäden,
Daß der Sommer welk und alt,
[Merk ich es]2 an deinen Reden,
Mädchen, daß dein Herz wird kalt!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Rheinberger 

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Rheinberger: "laut"
2 Rheinberger: "Merk ich's wohl"

Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Sommerfäden", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Herbst [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 Richard Metzdorff (1844 - 1919), "Sommerfäden", op. 20 no. 4, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Sommerfäden", op. 251 no. 1 (2016) [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Nikolaus Lenau, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Milcke , "Sommerfäden", op. 8 (Zwei Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Sommerfäden", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Sommerfäden", op. 16 (Acht Gedichte von Nicolaus Lenau für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5 (1891?), published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Zöllner (1854 - 1941), "Sommerfäden", op. 36 no. 3, published 1887 [ medium voice and piano ], from Enelysion. Ein Liedercyklus von Lenau. Fünf Gesänge für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Fils de la vierge", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 60

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