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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by John H. Campbell
Das gelbe Laub erzittert
Language: German (Deutsch)
Das gelbe Laub erzittert, Es fallen die Blätter herab; Ach, alles, was hold und lieblich, Verwelkt und sinkt ins Grab. Die [Wipfel]1 des Waldes umflimmert Ein schmerzlicher Sonnenschein; Das mögen die letzten Küsse Des scheidenden Sommers sein. Mir ist, als müsst ich weinen Aus tiefstem Herzensgrund; [Dies Bild erinnert]2 mich wieder An unsre Abschiedsstund'. Ich musste [von dir scheiden]3, Und wusste, du stürbest bald; Ich war der scheidende Sommer, Du warst der [kranke]4 Wald.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Franz: "Gipfel"
2 Reinecke: "Es mahnet dies Bild"
3 Grieg, Reinecke, Thuille: "dich verlassen"
4 Grieg, Reinecke: "sterbende"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1828-1844 , no. 8 [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 J. Bandisch , "Abschied", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Eulenburg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Das gelbe Laub erzittert", op. 8 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Blomberg , "Abschied", op. 10 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walther Brand (b. 1811), "Der scheidende Sommer", published 1850, from 6 Gesänge von Tieck, Göthe u. Heinrich Heine, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by W. Brandt , "Abschied" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Antonovich Derfeldt (1810 - 1869), "Das gelbe Laub erzittert" [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Felsenthal , "Abschied", op. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Abschied", op. 31 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 5, published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Abschied", op. 4 (Seks Digte af H. Heine, L. Uhland og A. von Chamisso) no. 3 (1863-1864), published 1864 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Das gelbe Laub erzittert", op. 17 (Drei Gedichte von Heinrich Heine) no. 1, published 1847 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Haine (1830 - 1910), "Das gelbe Laub erzittert", op. 58 (Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavier) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Heiser (1816 - 1897), "Abschied", op. 136 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Klemm (1897 - 1947), "Abschied" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oscar de La Cinna , "Abschied", published 1859 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Das gelbe Laub erzittert", op. 91 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1895, Paris, Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leonie Lichtenberg , "Abschied", op. 17, also set in Hungarian (Magyar) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Möllendorf (1821 - 1895), "Abschied", published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 3, Berlin, Schirmer & Möllendorf [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Abschied", op. 22 no. 2, published 1878 [ medium voice and piano ], from Buch der Lieder. Zwölf Gedichte von Heine, no. 2, Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Das gelbe Laub erzittert", op. 23 (Vier Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. Neupert , "Abschied", from Fünf Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Posca , "Das gelbe Laub erzittert", op. 27 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Meyer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Herbst", op. 81 no. 6, published 1864 [ tenor and piano ], from Eine Novelle in Liedern. Cyclus von 8 Gesängen, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Hermann Seyffardt (1859 - 1942), "Das gelbe Laub erzittert", op. 5 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Constantin Silvestri (1913 - 1969), "Der scheidende Sommer", op. 1 no. 8, published c1944 [ high voice and piano ], from Cycle of eight songs to poems by Heinrich Heine, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Smigelski (b. 1881), "Das welke Laub erzittert", op. 10 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Abschied", 1878 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Der scheidende Sommer", op. 40 (Fünf neue Gedichte von Heinrich Heine) no. 5 (1844-51?) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johan Weegenhuise (b. 1910), "Das gelbe Laub erzittert", published 1962 [ baritone or alto and piano ], from Vier Lieder nach Heine, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Das gelbe Laub erzittert", 1880?, fragment [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Ferdinand Wüerst (1824 - 1881), "Der scheidende Sommer", op. 20 (Lieder und Gesänge), Heft 4 no. 11, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Hungarian (Magyar), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Leonie Lichtenberg.
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- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation possibly by Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937); composed by Erkki Gustaf Melartin.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "The yellow foliage trembles", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Parting"
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 79
The yellow foliage trembles
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The yellow foliage trembles, the leaves fall down; oh, everything, that is lovely and sweet, wilts and sinks into the grave. The tops of the forest conceal a painful sunshine; the last kisses are like the departing summer. I weep, as I must, from deepest heart's reason; this scene again reminds me of our parting-hours. I had to [part from]1 you knowing, you would die soon! I was the departing summer, you were the [ailing]2 forest.
View original text (without footnotes)
1 Grieg, Reinecke, Thuille: "leave"
2 Grieg, Reinecke: "dying"
1 Grieg, Reinecke, Thuille: "leave"
2 Grieg, Reinecke: "dying"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1828-1844 , no. 8
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 78