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Der Tag wird kühl, der Tag wird blaß, Die Vögel streifen übers Gras. Ei wie die Halme schwanken, Vor ihrer Flügel Wanken Und leise wehn ohn' Unterlaß. Und Abends spät die Liebe weht ob meines Herzens Blumenbeet. Das ist ein heimlich Beben, Und süße Gedanken weben Sich in mein tiefstes Nachtgebet. Du fernes Herz, komm zu mir bald, Sonst werden wir beide grau und alt, Sonst wächst in meinem Herzen Viel Unkraut und viel Schmerzen; Da wird's den Blumen gar zu kalt!
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Das Märchen von der guten Seele, first published 1850 [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 Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Der Tag wird kühl", op. 18 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Rörich [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Der Tag wird kühl", op. 40 no. 1, published 1895 [ high voice and piano ], from Acht Mädchenlieder von Paul Heyse, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josef Giehrl (1857 - 1893), "Abendlied", published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, München, Werner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Gund (1865 - 1927), "Der Tag wird kühl, der Tag wird blass", op. 6, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Berté & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Sehnsucht", op. 98 no. 4, published 1897 [ three-part women's chorus a cappella (SMzA) ], from Sechs Mädchenlieder für dreistimmigen Frauenchor (Sopran, Mezzo-Sopran und Alt) mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Der Tag wird kühl", op. 61 no. 2, published 1881 [ high voice and piano ], from Mädchenlieder, no. 2, Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Schumann (1866 - 1952), "Der Tag wird kühl", op. 35 no. 2, published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Mädchenlieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 2, Leipzig, F. E. C. Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Semon, M. D. (1849 - 1921), "Der Tag wird kühl", op. 6 no. 2, published 1877 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ], from Mädchenlieder von Heyse. Ein Cyclus von Gesängen für 1 tiefe (oder mittlere) Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Staeger (1857 - 1932), "Der Tag wird kühl", op. 1 no. 2, published 1883 [ three-part women's chorus with piano ], from Mädchenlieder von P. Heyse für dreistimmigen weiblichen Chor mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The day grows cool", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (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: 15
Word count: 82
The day grows cool, the day grows pale, the birds are brushing over the grass. Observe how the blades tremble from the sweep of their wings and gently wave without stopping. And late in the evening, love wafts over the rosebed of my heart. Its branches whisper and quiver and lovely thoughts weave themselves into my secret night-prayers. You distant heart, come soon to me or else we will both grow grey and old, or else in my heart there will grow many weeds, thorns and sorrows. The night grows long, the night grows cold!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Das Märchen von der guten Seele, first published 1850
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 96