'Tis past! | Nothing but deep silence all around

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by Karl Mauz , as Richard Haldenwang

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Vorbei

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Rings nichts als tiefes Schweigen,
Die Schatten düst'rer Nacht,
Ein Flüstern in den Zweigen,
Ganz heimlich, leis und sacht.

Nur leise hör' ich klingen
Fernher ein traurig Lied,
Dazu ein Glöcklein klingen,
So leis, so leis und müd.

Das Lied erzählt vom Flieder,
Und von gebrochner Treu;
Das Glöcklein tönt es wieder:
Vorbei, vorbei!

Text Authorship:

by Karl Mauz , as Richard Haldenwang [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 Rudolf S. Cahn-Speyer (1881 - 1940), "Vorbei", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1913 [ voice and piano ], Cöln am Rhein: Verlag Tischer & Jagenberg [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "'Tis past!", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2022-12-11
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'Tis past!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Nothing but deep silence all around,
The shadows of a gloomy night,
A whispering in the branches,
Quite secret, quiet, and gentle.

Only softly do I hear sounding
From faraway a sad song,
With it the ringing of a little bell,
So quiet, so quiet and weary.

The song tells of the lilac,
And of broken faith;
The little bell echoes it:
'Tis past, 'tis past!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Mauz , as Richard Haldenwang
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This text was added to the website: 2022-12-17
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Word count: 66