Des Sommers letzte Zärtlichkeit umschmeichelt weich das welke Land, legt eine warme Sonnenhand auf Wiese, Weg und Feldgebreit. Das Land hält glücklich lächelnd still. Es rauscht kein Laub, es raunt kein Wind. Das Land ist wie ein müdes Kind, das traumgebettet schlafen will.
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Text Authorship:
- by Martha Kropp (1880 - 1968) [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 Margarete Schweikert (1887 - 1957), "Spätsommer", 1955 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Martha Kropp, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Late summer", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2021-11-23
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