In the autumn | On the top of the garden wall

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by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Auf des Gartens Mauerzinne

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE

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]¹ Klage,
daß du mir verloren bist.

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• B. Randhartinger

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Emmanuel Geibel, zweiundsiebzigste Auflage, Stuttgart, Verlag der J G Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1873.

¹ Randhartinger: "dunkle"

Text 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 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 checked 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 yet checked]
by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Im Herbste" [sung text checked 1 time]
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 yet checked]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 59

In the autumn

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 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.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Im Herbste", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Escheberg. Sankt Goar
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 69