Blue summer | A blue summer, heavy with shine and embers

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by Karl Busse (1872 - 1918)

Translation © by Joel Ayau

Blauer Sommer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Ein blauer Sommer glanz- und glutenschwer
Geht über Wiesen, Felder, Gärten her.
Die Sonnenkrone glüht auf seinen Locken,
Sein warmer Atem läutet Blütenglocken.
Ein goldnes Band umzieht die blaue Stirne,
Schwer aus den Zweigen fällt die reife Frucht
Und Sens' und Sichel blitzt auf Flur und Feld,
Und rot von Rosen ist die ganze Welt.

Text Authorship:

by Karl Busse (1872 - 1918) [author's text not yet checked 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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Blauer Sommer", op. 31 (Vier Lieder von Carl Busse und Richard Dehmel) no. 1 (1895), published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fürstner [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Un estiu blau", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Blauwe zomer", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Joel Ayau) , "Blue summer", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Un été bleu", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 55

Blue summer

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A blue summer, heavy with shine and embers,
Approaches us through meadows, fields, and gardens,
The sun's crown glows on its locks of hair,
Its warm breath rings flower bells.
A golden ribbon encircles his blue forehead,
Ripe fruit falls heavily from the branches
And scythe and sickle flash through field and farmland,
And the entire world is red with roses.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Busse (1872 - 1918)
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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 61