Sur fond doré | Aujourd'hui encore je suis allé

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by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Auf Goldgrund

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Ins Museum bin zu später  
Stunde heut ich noch gegangen,  
Wo die Heil'gen, wo die Beter  
Auf den goldnen Gründen prangen.  
                              
Dann durchs Feld bin ich geschritten  
Heißer Abendglut entgegen,  
Sah, die heut das Korn geschnitten,  
Garben auf die Wagen legen.  
                              
Um die Lasten in den Armen,  
Um den Schnitter und die Garbe  
Floß der Abendglut, der warmen,  
Wunderbare Goldesfarbe.  
                              
Auch des Tages letzte Bürde,  
Auch der Fleiß der Feierstunde,  
War umflammt von heil'ger Würde,  
Stand auf schimmernd goldnem Grunde.

Text Authorship:

by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Auf Goldgrund" [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 Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Auf Goldgrund", op. 7 (Fünf Gedichte für Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 4 (189-?), published 1895 [ baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sur fond doré", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-12
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Word count: 80

Sur fond doré

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

Aujourd'hui encore je suis allé
Au musée à une heure tardive,
Où les saints, où les orants
Resplendissent sur les fonds dorés.

Puis je suis allé à travers champs
À la rencontre de la brûlante ardeur du soir,
J'ai vu ceux qui aujourd'hui fauchent le blé
Et posent les gerbes sur les charrettes.

Autour des charges dans leurs bras,
Autour des faucheurs et des gerbes
Le chaud brasier du soir étale,
Ses merveilleuses couleurs d'or

Le dernier chargement du soir,
Comme la dévotion de la cérémonie
Étaient enflammés d'une sainte dignité,
Sur un fond d'or resplendissant.

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This text was added to the website: 2011-10-10
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Word count: 96