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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

Das Feld ist kahl, auf ferner Höhe...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Das Feld ist kahl, auf ferner Höhe glänzet
Der blaue Himmel nur, und wie die Pfade gehen
Erscheinet die Natur, als Einerlei, das Wehen
Ist frisch, und die Natur von Helle nur umkränzet.

Der Erde Rund ist sichtbar von dem Himmel
Den ganzen Tag, in heller Nacht umgeben
Wenn hoch erscheint von Sternen das Gewimmel.
Und geistiger das weit gedehnte Leben.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Der Winter", appears in Späteste Gedichte 1806-1843 [author's text not yet checked 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 Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Der Winter IV", from Hölderlin-Lieder: Zweiter Zyklus, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Pierre Jean Jouve (1887 - 1976) , "L'hiver", appears in Poèmes de la folie d'Hölderlin, in Poésie des derniers temps, Paris, Éd. Fourcade, first published 1929-30, copyright © ; composed by Henri-Pierre Poupard, as Henri Sauguet.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 61

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