Such a tepid, white day | Such a tepid, white day

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by Max Dauthendey (1867 - 1918)

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Solch ein lauer weißer Tag

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Solch ein lauer weißer Tag,
Mag die Hände gar nicht rühren,
Nur die Augen liegen wach.

Draußen welken gelb die Bäume,
In der stillen Esche nicken
Graue Blätter, altersschwach.
Graue Blätter, graue Träume.

Text Authorship:

by Max Dauthendey (1867 - 1918), "Solch ein lauer weißer Tag" [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Solch ein lauer weißer Tag", 2009 [mezzo-soprano and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Such a tepid, white day", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Walter A. Aue) , "Such a tepid, whitish day", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-15
Line count: 7
Word count: 33

Such a tepid, white day

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Such a tepid, white day
Shall not even stir the hands,
Only the eyes lie awake.

Outside trees wither yellow,
in the silent ash-tree doze
gray leaves, old and infirm.
Gray leaves, gray dreams.

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Such a tepid, white day", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Max Dauthendey (1867 - 1918), "Solch ein lauer weißer Tag"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-15
Line count: 7
Word count: 35