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Sommerfäden hin und wieder Fliegen von den Himmeln nieder; Sind der Menschen Hirngespinste, Fetzen goldner Liebesträume, An die Stauden, an die Bäume Haben sie sich dort verfangen; Hochselbsteigene Gewinste Sehen wir darunter hangen.
Authorship
- by Karl August Candidus (1817 - 1872), "Sommerfäden", appears in Vermischte Gedichte, first published 1869 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Sommerfäden", op. 72 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 2 (1876), published 1877 [voice and piano], Berlin, Simrock [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Gossamer threads", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Fils de la Vierge", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Herfstdraden", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 33
Back and forth, gossamer threads fly down from heaven; They are the fantasies of people, Scraps of golden love-dreams. On the bushes, on the trees They have caught themselves there; Ambitious winnings We see hanging below.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl August Candidus (1817 - 1872), "Sommerfäden", appears in Vermischte Gedichte, first published 1869
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 36