Winter | When vanished and no longer seen are illustrations

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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

Translation © by Walter A. Aue

Der Winter

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Wenn ungesehn und nun vorüber sind die Bilder 
Der Jahreszeit, so kommt des Winters Dauer, 
Das Feld ist leer, die Ansicht scheinet milder,  
Und Stürme wehn umher und Regenschauer. 
 
Als wie ein Ruhetag, so ist des Jahres Ende, 
Wie einer Frage Ton, daß dieser sich vollende, 
Alsdann erscheint des Frühlings neues Werden, 
So glänzet die Natur mit ihrer Pracht auf Erden.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Der Winter", appears in Späteste Gedichte 1806-1843 [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 Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Der Winter" [ tenor and piano ], from Hölderlin-Lieder: Dritter Zyklus, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "Der Winter", from Die Jahreszeiten, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Winter", copyright © 1994, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Winter", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 8
Word count: 61

Winter

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When vanished and no longer seen are illustrations
of season, then arrive the winter hours:
the field is empty, mild seem its ablations
and storms blow to and fro with rains and showers.

As if a day for rest, so is this year's cessation
just like a questioning chord requesting consecration:
then Spring's becoming enters the creation
and Nature shines on Earth in glorious elation.

Translation dedicated to M. Wisser

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Der Winter", appears in Späteste Gedichte 1806-1843
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 65