Thus the days come to an end

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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

So gehen die Tage zu Ende

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FIN

So gehen die Tage zu Ende 
ohne Klang und Sang.
Ein Hauch von vergilbenden Rosen 
weht müde den Weg entlang.

Lautlos [gleiten]¹ die Blätter 
von fröstelnden Bäumen herab 
dichter und immer dichter 
auf des Sommers Grab.

Im [Mondlicht]² stehen die Zweige 
starr wie in Zaubers Bann.
Aus blassen leeren Augen
sieht die Nacht dich an.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• Y. Kilpinen • C. Sinding

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Confirmed with Sehnen und Suchen, Vierte Auflage, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckman & Wetter), 1905, page 140.

¹ Sinding: "fallen"
² Kilpinen, Sinding: "Mondschein"

Text Authorship:

by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "So gehen die Tage zu Ende . .", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Einkehr und Wende, in Einsame Wege [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 Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "So gehen die Tage zu Ende ", op. 76 no. 1 (1932-1933?) [ voice and piano ], from Lauluja Albert Sergelin runoihin, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "So gehen die Tage", op. 77 (Sieben Gedichte) no. 7, published 1906 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, C. F. Peters [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 57

Thus the days come to an end

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Thus the days come to an end
without sound and singing.
A breath from yellowing roses
wafts wearily along the pathway.

Soundlessly the leaves of shivering
trees [glide]¹ downward
thicker and ever thicker
upon the grave of summer

In the moonlight the branches 
are as frozen as if in a spell.
From out of pale empty eyes
the night gazes at you.

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Translations of titles:
"So gehen die Tage" = "Thus pass the days"
"So gehen die Tage zu Ende . ." = "Thus the days come to an end"

¹ Sinding: "fall"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "So gehen die Tage zu Ende . .", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Einkehr und Wende, in Einsame Wege
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This text was added to the website: 2024-12-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 63