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by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942)

Spätnachmittag
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Lange Schatten fallen auf den hellen Weg
und die Sonne schickt noch letzte Abschiedswärme
und das dünne Zwitschern eines Vogels ist, als ob es lärme
und als stehl' es etwas von der Stille weg.
Menschen auf zehn Schritt Entfernung
sind wie aus ganz andern Welten
und fast möchte man die welken Blätter schelten,
daß sie rascheln und die letzten Sonnenstrahlen stören.
Und man möchte nur die Veilchen wachsen hören.

Confirmed with Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, Blütenlese. Gedichte, Herausgegeben von Adolf Rauchwerger, Tel Aviv: Telaviv University [Press], 1979, page 33.


Text Authorship:

  • by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Spätnachmittag", written 1940, appears in Blütenlese, in Der Blütenlese Erster Teil, in Dunkler Flieder [author's text checked 1 time 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 Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Spätnachmittag", copyright © 2019 [ soprano, viola d'amore and cello ], from Blossoms, no. 1, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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


Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-08-07
Line count: 9
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