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Großvater und Großmutter, Die saßen im Gartenhag, Es lächelte still ihr Antlitz, [Wie sonn'ger]1 Wintertag. Die Arme verschlungen, ruhten Ich und der Geliebte dabei, Uns blühten und klangen die Herzen Wie Blumenhaine im Mai. Ein Bächlein rauschte vorüber Mit plätscherndem Wanderlied; Stumm zog das Gewölk am Himmel, Bis unseren Blicken es schied. Es [raschelte]2 von den Bäumen Das Laub, verwelkt und zerstreut, Und schweigend an uns vorüber Zog leisen Schrittes die Zeit. Stumm blickte auf's junge Pärchen Das alte stille Paar; Des Lebens Doppelspiegel Stand vor uns licht und wahr: Sie sahn uns an und dachten Der schönen Vergangenheit; Wir sahn sie an und dachten Von ferner, [künftger]3 Zeit.
1 Schumann: "Wie'n sonniger"
2 Schumann: "rasselte"
3 Schumann: "künftiger"
Text Authorship:
- by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün, "Familiengemälde" [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 Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Familiengemälde", op. 37 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Halle, Richter & Hopf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Familien-Gemälde", op. 34 (Vier Duette) no. 4 (1840), published 1841 [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], Leipzig, Klemm [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Familiengemälde", op. 136 (Drei Duette für Sopran und Tenor mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1894 [ vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Retrat de família", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Familieportret", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David K. Smythe) , "Portrait of a family", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Portrait de famille", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Retrato de Família", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 109
Grandfather and grandmother, they sat in the garden arbour; there was a silent smile on their faces, like a sunny winter's day. Arms intertwined, my beloved and I rested there, our hearts blossomed and sounded like flower groves in May. A little stream rippled by with a babbling hiking song; silently the clouds drifted in the sky, until they disappeared from our view. The withered foliage of the trees rustled and scattered, and in silence time with its soft footsteps passed by us. Without a word the old silent pair gazed on the young couple. A double mirror of life stood before us light and true. They looked at us and thought of the beautiful past. We looked at them and thought of times long in the future.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün, "Familiengemälde"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 128