In winter | When my good comrades

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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Translation © by Peter Palmer

Im Winter

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Als meine Freunde,
Die Bäume, noch blühten,
Rosen und Feuer-
Lilien [glühten]¹,
Waren die Menschen
All mir bekannt,
War mir die Erde
Lieb und verwandt. 

Jetzt, wo die Freunde,
Die Bäume, gestorben,
Jetzt, wo die Lieben,
Die Blumen, verdorben,
Stehen die Menschen
Kalt auf dem Schnee,
Und was sie treiben,
Macht mir nur weh.

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• B. Randhartinger

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Confirmed with Justinus Kerner Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, pages 59-60

¹ Randhartinger: "erglühten"

Text Authorship:

by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Im Winter", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte [author's text checked 2 times 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 (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Im Winter", op. 44 (Gesänge und Balladen) no. 5, published 1885 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ludvig Norman (1831 - 1885), "Im Winter", op. 13 no. 5 (1850), published 1861, from Åtta smärre sånger vid pianoforte = Eight Small Pieces at the Pianoforte, no. 5, also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text not yet checked]
by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Im Winter" [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation possibly by Wilhelm Bauck (1808 - 1877); composed by Ludvig Norman.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 56

In winter

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When my good comrades,
The trees, were in blossom,
Roses and tiger-
Lilies still flaming,
People around seemed
Faces I knew,
Earth was a cherished
Cousin to me.

Now that those comrades,
The trees, have all withered,
Now that my dear ones,
The flowers, have perished,
People stand coldly
Out on the snow,
And through their doings
Cause me but woe.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Im Winter", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 61