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An baches ranft Die einzigen frühen Die hasel blühen. Ein vogel pfeift In kühler au. Ein leuchten streift Erwärmt uns sanft Und zuckt und bleicht. Das feld ist brach · Der baum noch grau... Blumen streut vielleicht Der lenz uns nach.
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Confirmed with Stefan George, Gesamt-Ausgabe der Werke, Band 6 / 7, Der siebente Ring, Berlin, 1931, page 158.
Text Authorship:
- by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Der siebente Ring, in Lieder, in Lieder I-VI, no. 3 [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 Theodor W. Adorno (1903 - 1969), "An baches ranft", 1921/1922 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder aus »Der siebente Ring« von Stefan George, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Maria Herz (1878 - 1950), "An Baches Ranft" [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 2, from Fünf Lieder auf Worte von Stefan George (für Singstimme und großes Orchester), no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Michael Rihm (1952 - 2024), "Lied", op. 1 no. 9 (1969) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudi Spring (1962 - 2025), "Frühlingsahnung I", op. 98b no. 1 (2022) [ bass and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "An Baches Ranft", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder aus 'Der siebente Ring') no. 3
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time] - by Max Zehnder (1901 - 1972), "An baches ranft", 1929 [ soprano and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "At the edge of the brook", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au bord du ruisseau", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Jakob Kellner
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 41
At the edge of the brook, solitary and early, the hazel blooms. A bird is whistling in the cool meadow. A beam of light strokes and warms us gently and quivers and fades. The field is fallow, the tree yet grey... perhaps flowers will be strewn after us by Spring.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust, (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.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Der siebente Ring, in Lieder, in Lieder I-VI, no. 3
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 51