Autumn | The rain spins out

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by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Herbst

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Der Regen spinnt
Sein graues Lied
     Von Sehnsucht und
     Von schwerem Weh.

Von Träumen blind
Alleinseins müd
     Bin ich ein Hund
     Und -- geh'.

Verlosch'nes Gold
Und toter Traum
     Von Liebe sieht
     Mich an und schweigt.

Und um mich rollt
Schillernder Schaum --
     Die Sehnsucht zieht
     Und -- geigt.

Der Herbst ist da
Und weint mich an
     Mit Augen, die
     Erloschen sind.

Ich weiß, er sah:
Das Glück verrann,
     Zwang mich ins Knie
     Und -- ging.

Confirmed with Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, Blütenlese. Gedichte, Herausgegeben von Adolf Rauchwerger, Tel Aviv: Telaviv University [Press], 1979, page 52.

Text Authorship:

by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Herbst", written 1941, appears in Blütenlese, in Der Blütenlese Erster Teil, in Nachtschatten [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 Violeta Ileana Dinescu (b. 1953), "Herbst", 1985 [ soprano and harpsichord ], from Ich bin in Sehnsucht eingehüllt, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in Yiddish (יידיש), a translation by Leibu Levin (1914 - 1983) , copyright © by Ruth Levin, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Leibu Levin.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Autumn", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Bertram Kottmann , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2015-04-07
Line count: 24
Word count: 72

Autumn

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The rain spins out
Its grey song
     Of yearning and
     Of heavy woe.

Blinded by dreams
Weary of being alone
     I am a dog
    And -- go.

Extinguished gold
And a dead dream
     Of love gazes
    At me and is silent.

And around me rolls
Scintillating foam --
     Yearning pulls [at me]
     And -- fiddles.

Autumn is here
And weeps at me
     With eyes that
     Have been extinguished.

I know, it saw:
Happiness dissipated,
     Forced me to my knees
     And -- departed.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Herbst", written 1941, appears in Blütenlese, in Der Blütenlese Erster Teil, in Nachtschatten
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This text was added to the website: 2024-06-18
Line count: 24
Word count: 78