Wo bist du? trunken dämmert die Seele mir
  [Von all deiner]1 Wonne; denn eben ist's,
    Daß ich gelauscht, wie goldner Töne
      Voll der entzückende Sonnenjüngling

Sein Abendlied auf himmlischer Leier spielt';
  Es tönten rings die Wälder und Hügel nach.
    Doch fern ist er zu frommen Völkern,
      Die ihn noch ehren, hinweggegangen.

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Confirmed with Friedrich Hölderlin, Sämtliche Gedichte und Hyperion, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1999, page 203.

¹ Cornelius: "nach allen deinen"; Apostel, Greif, Hauer: "Von aller deiner"

Authorship

• by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Sonnenuntergang", appears in Gedichte 1784-1800 [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 Hans Erich Apostel (1901 - 1972), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 9 no. 2, published 1941 [ low voice and orchestra ], Wien: Universal-Edition, No. 11267 (Klavier-Auszug) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 15 (24 Lieder) no. 14 (>>2000) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Sonnenuntergang", 1862 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Olivier Greif (1950 - 2000), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 270 no. 2 (1990) [ voice and piano ], from Wie Vögel…, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Josef Matthias Hauer (1883 - 1959), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 (1914) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Sonnenuntergang", 1935 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Sonnenuntergang", 1915 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Dem Sonnengott", 1965, first performed 1968 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Gesänge nach Hölderlin für Bariton und Klavier, no. 1, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul von Klenau (1883 - 1946), "Dem Sonnengott", 1942 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Gerhard Natorp (1854 - 1924), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Marburg, Lorch  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "Sonnenuntergang", op. 67 (Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Hölderlin) no. 1 (1947) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "Wo bist du?", alternate title: "Sonnenuntergang", 1943, from Gesänge nach Gedichten von Friedrich Hölderlin, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

This text (or a part of it) is used in a work

• by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Dämmerung", op. 70 no. 5 (1955), published 1956, first performed 1956 [ SATB soli, mixed chorus (boys, SATB), and orchestra ], from Lebenskreise, no. 5, Alkor Edition, Kassel
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "Where are you? Drunkenly my soul awakens", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Où es-tu ?", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Coucher de soleil", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

Où es-tu ? mon âme enivrée rêve
De tout ton délice ! car j'ai juste
Entendu quelles notes d'or
Viennent du charmant jeune homme-soleil

Jouant son chant du soir sur sa lyre céleste ;
Elle résonne partout dans les bois et les collines.
Pourtant vers ces peuples pieux,
Qui l'honorent encore, il est parti au loin.