Im Herbst [kreist]1 überm grauen Weiher
Von Schnee bereift ein alter Silberreiher.
Ich stehe einsam an des Weihers Strand,
Die Hand am Blick, und äuge stumm ins Land.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• E. Uray View original text (without footnotes)
1 Uray: "kreist einsam"
Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "白鹭鹚"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Niklaus Aeschbacher (1917 - 1995), "Der Silberreiher", 1936 [ voice, violin and piano ], from 3 Gesänge, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Volkmar Andreae (1879 - 1962), "Der Silberreiher", op. 37 no. 8, published 1931? [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Borstlap (b. 1950), "Der Silberreiher", 1982/1999, published 1999, copyright © 1982 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs chinesische Gedichte, no. 3, Amsterdam : Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kurt Brüggemann (1908 - 2002), "Der Silberreiher", published 1923, from Die Ferne Flöte, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Rudolf) Walther Hirschberg (1889 - 1960), "Der Silberreiher", op. 47b (Acht Lieder) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Artur Immisch (1902 - 1949), "Der Silberreiher", published 2006 [ voice and piano ], from Vier chinesische Lieder nach Li-Tai-Po, Nachdichtungen von Klabund, no. 3, Kelkheim, Yin Yang Media Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Schelb (1894 - 1977), "Der Silberreiher", from 5 Lieder nach altchinesischen Texten, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Ludwig Uray (1906 - 1988), "Der Silberreiher" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Fan Yang) , "大意", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The silver heron", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2007-08-17
Line count: 4
Word count: 29
Over the grey lagoon in autumn,
An old silver heron, hoary with snow, circles [all alone]1.
I stand alone at the pond's edge,
My hand shading my eyes, and gaze mutely into the landscape.
