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Auf des Gartens Mauerzinne, bebt noch eine einz'ge Ranke, also bebt in meinem Sinne, schmerzlich nur noch ein Gedanke. Kaum vermag ich ihn zu fassen, aber dennoch von mir lassen, will er, ach, zu keiner Frist. Und so denk ich ihn und trage alle Nächte, alle Tage, mit mir fort die dumpfe Klage, daß du mir verloren bist.
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Emmanuel Geibel, zweiundsiebzigste Auflage, Stuttgart, Verlag der J G Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1873.
Authorship
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Im Herbste", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Escheberg. Sankt Goar [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 Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Im Herbste", op. posth. 10 (Fünf Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4 (1846?), published c1850 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by (Albert Maria) Robert Radecke (1830 - 1911), "Auf des Gartens Mauerzinne", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1, published 1854 [soprano or tenor and piano], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [ sung text not verified ]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Im Herbste", published 1856 [low voice and piano], from 4 Lieder von E. Geibel, no. 4, Erfurt, Körner [ sung text not verified ]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "In the autumn", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "En automne", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 58
On the top of the garden wall there quivers a single last vine, just as in my mind there quivers painfully a single thought. I can hardly catch it, but it will not leave me alone, alas, not even for one second. And so I contemplate it, and endure all the nights and days, and with me always is the hollow lament, that you are lost to me.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Im Herbste", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Escheberg. Sankt Goar
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 69