Summer III | The brook runs in the valley, the mountains on the high sides

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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Im Tale rinnt der Bach, die Berg' an...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Im Tale rinnt der Bach, die Berg' an hoher Seite,
Sie grünen weit umher an dieses Tales Breite,
Und Bäume mit dem Laube stehn gebreitet,
Daß fast verborgen dort der Bach hinunter gleitet.

So glänzt darob des schönen Sommers Sonne,
Daß fast zu eilen scheint des hellen Tages Wonne,
Der Abend mit der Frische kommt zu Ende,
Und trachtet, wie er das dem Menschen noch vollende.

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Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Der Sommer", appears in Späteste Gedichte 1806-1843 [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 Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Der Sommer III", from Hölderlin-Lieder: Zweiter Zyklus, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Summer III", copyright © 2008, (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: 66

Summer III

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The brook runs in the valley, the mountains on the high sides
Spread their greenery around the broadness of this valley,
And trees are standing, their leafy boughs spread expansively,
So that, almost concealed, the brook there glides down.

Thus sparkles from above the beautiful summer sun,
Such that the day's bright joy almost seems to hasten,
The evening with its freshness comes to an end,
And seeks to see how it can yet fulfill [the day's joy] for mankind.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Der Sommer", appears in Späteste Gedichte 1806-1843
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 80