November mood | It blows coldly through

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by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Novemberstimmung

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Die Flur umher
Es kalt durchweht,
Wo [nirgend]¹ mehr
Ein Blümlein steht.

Im Wald zerstiebt
Das welke Laub --
Die ich geliebt,
Sind alle Staub.

[Sich]² frühe neigt
Der Sonne Lauf,
Am Himmel steigt
Der Mond herauf.

Es füllt sich sacht
Das Sternenzelt.
Sie sind erwacht
In jener Welt.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• H. Geyer

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Confirmed with Martin Greif, Neue Lieder und Mären, Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag, 1902, page 86.

¹ Geyer: "nirgends"
² Geyer: "So"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif, "Novemberstimmung", appears in Neue Lieder und Mären, in Naturbilder [author's text checked 2 times 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 Gustav Bumcké (1876 - 1963), "Novemberstimmung", op. 13 no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Humbert Geyer (1887 - 1948), "Novemberstimmung" [ voice and piano ], self-published [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "November mood", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-08-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 50

November mood

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

It blows coldly through
The meadow round about,
Where not one little flower
Stands any longer.

In the forest the withered
Foliage is scattered --
Those whom I loved
Are all dust.

The sun's pathway
Leads downward [early]¹,
Upon the heavens
The moon rises.

The canopy of the stars
Fills itself gently.
They have awakened 
In that other world.

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¹ Geyer: "so early"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif, "Novemberstimmung", appears in Neue Lieder und Mären, in Naturbilder
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This text was added to the website: 2022-09-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 60