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by Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz (1863 - 1929)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Die Sonne sank

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Die Sonne sank.
[Ich wartete. Wie lange]¹ ...

Unsichtbar,
wie ersticktes Weinen,
klang unter [den]² Weiden der Fluss.

Durchs Dunkel, neben mir, [taste ich nach den roten Blumen]³.

Sie sind welk.

Du hast mich vergessen!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Marx

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Confirmed with Phantasus, von Arno Holz, Zweites Heft, Sassenbach, Berlin, 1899, page 10.

¹ Marx: "Ich wartete lange"
² omitted by Marx.
³ Marx: "tast' ich nach roten Beeren"

Text Authorship:

by Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz (1863 - 1929), no title, appears in Phantasus, Heft 2 [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 Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Vergessen", 1911, published 1912 [ medium voice, piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, III. Folge, Nr.5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Vergessen" [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 38

Le soleil s'est couché

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Le soleil s'est couché.
J'ai attendu. Combien longtemps . . .

Invisible,
Comme des larmes étouffées,
Le fleuve chantait sous les saules.

Dans le noir, près de moi, je touche les fleurs rouges.

Elles sont fanées.

Tu m'as oublié !

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz (1863 - 1929), no title, appears in Phantasus, Heft 2
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This text was added to the website: 2011-04-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 39