Zu meinen Füßen sinkt ein Blatt
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG FRE
Zu meinen Füßen [sinkt]1 ein Blatt,
Der Sonne müd', des Regens satt;
Als dieses Blatt war grün und neu
Hatt' ich noch Eltern lieb und treu.
O wie vergänglich ist ein Laub,
Des Frühlings Kind, des Herbstes Raub!
Doch hat dies [Laub]2, das niederbebt,
Mir so viel Liebes überlebt.
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1 Schwalm: "liegt"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Stigelli: "Blatt"
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Elisabeth von Herzogenberg (1847 - 1892), "Nachklang", note: published as opus 44 no. 7 in the Gesänge und Balladen of Heinrich von Herzogenberg. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Nachklang", op. 44 (Gesänge und Balladen) no. 7, published 1885 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Im Herbste", op. 19 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [ medium voice and piano ], Danzig, Ziemssen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Giorgio Stigelli (1819? - 1868), "Nachruf" [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Vier Lieder von L. Uhland für Tenor oder Mezzo-Sopran mit Piano-Forte-Begleitung, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Nachruf", op. 50 ([Fünf] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1893 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 52
A leaf sinks down at my feet
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
[A leaf sinks down at my feet,]1
Tired of the sun, sated with rain;
When this leaf was green and new
I still had parents, dear and true.
Oh how ephemeral is a leaf,
The child of spring, the spoils of autumn!
Yet this leaf that trembles down,
Has outlived so much that was dear to me.
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Translated titles:
"Nachklang" = "Resonance"
"Im Herbste" = "In the autumn"
1 Schwalm: "At my feet there lies a leaf"; further changes may exist not shown above.
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