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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Herbstfäden
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  An Bäumen und Gestäuden 
Sind schon die Blätter falb; 
Ade, ihr tausend Freuden, 
Bald wintert's allenthalb. 

  Und mit dem Sommer ziehen
Die Elfen aus dem Wald, 
Dem Nebel zu entfliehen, 
Der herwallt trüb und kalt. 

  Am Waldessaum sie halten 
Zum Abschied frohen Tanz, 
Sahst du die Duftgestalten 
Noch nie im Mondenglanz? 

  Oft bleibt am Busche hangen
Ihr Schleier wunderfein, 
Früh Morgens siehst du prangen 
Die Fäden im Sonnenschein.

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 131.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Herbstfäden", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 149 [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 Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Autumnal gossamer threads", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-10-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 69

Autumnal gossamer threads
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
  Upon trees and bushes
The leaves are already losing their colours;
Adieu, ye thousandfold joys,
Soon it shall be winter all around.

  And with the summer, the elves
Depart from the forest
To escape the fog
That surges hither, dreary and cold.

  At the forest’s edge they hold
A joyful dance in farewell,
Have you never yet seen the
Airy figures in the moonlight?

  Often upon the bushes their wondrously
Fine veil is entangled,
Early in the morning in the sunshine you see
The gossamer threads, resplendent.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2025 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Herbstfäden", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 149
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This text was added to the website: 2025-10-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 88

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