by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
Translation © by Walter A. Aue

Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Available translation(s): CAT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE
Drüben [geht]1 die Sonne scheiden,
Und der müde Tag entschlief.
Niederhangen hier die Weiden
In den Teich, so still, so tief.

Und ich muß mein Liebstes meiden:
Quill, o Thräne, quill hervor!
Traurig säuseln hier die Weiden,
Und im Winde bebt das Rohr.

[In mein stilles, tiefes Leiden
Strahlst du, Ferne! hell und mild,
Wie durch Binsen hier und Weiden
Strahlt des Abendsternes Bild.]2

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Confirmed with Nicolaus Lenau’s sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [no year], page 13.

1 Marteau: "ging"
2 Lang rearranges this stanza as follows:
Wie durch Binsen hier und Weiden
Strahlt des Abendsternes Bild,
In mein stilles, tiefes Leiden
Strahlst du, Ferne! hell und mild.

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The sun is sinking over there", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Yonder there the sun is leaving", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (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: 12
Word count: 64

Yonder there the sun is leaving
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Yonder there the sun is leaving
tired, day has gone to sleep.
Weeping willows, interweaving,
touch the pond, so still, so deep.

From my love I must be cleaving:
Flow, my tearsdrops, and Godspeed!
Sadly sounds the willows' heaving,
and to winds submits the reed.

In my deep and silent grieving,
distance, you shine mild from far,
as, through reeds and willows weaving,
brightly shines the evening star.

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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 68