Canto della sera | Mite riluce il sole al tramonto

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by Johann Christoph Heise (1761 - 1834)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Abendlied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Sanft glänzt die Abendsonne
Auf diese stille Flur,
Und strahlet Ruh und Wonne
[In]¹ jede Kreatur.
Sie zeichnet Licht und Schatten
Auf die beblümte Au,
Und auf den grünen Matten,
Blitzt der krystallne Thau.

Hier in der Zephir'n Spiele,
Bei'm frohen Vögelchor,
Hier steigen Hochgefühle
In meiner Brust empor.
Ich athme süße Freuden
Auf diesem Tempe ein,
Mich fliehen Gram und Leiden
Im milden Abendschein'. 

Dir, der die Abendröthe
Am Himmel ausgespannt,
Und süßes Nachtgeflöte
Auf diese Flur gesandt;
Dir sei dies Herz geweihet,
Das reiner Dank durchglüht;
Es schlage noch erfreuet
Wenn einst das Leben flieht!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Schubert

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Confirmed with Kleine ländliche Gemälde und Lieder von Johann Christoph Heise. Hamburg, Schmidt in Comm., 1803, pages 36-37.

Notes
Stanza 2, line 2, word 3: while Schubert's autograph has "Vögelchor" the printed editions (including the Neue Gesamtausgabe) have "Vogelchor".
Stanza 2, line 6, word 3: Tempe = Wonnegefilde (delightful realm)

¹ Schubert: "Auf"

Text Authorship:

by Johann Christoph Heise (1761 - 1834), "Abendlied", first published 1803 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Abendlied", D 382 (1816), published 1895 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 98

Canto della sera

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Mite riluce il sole al tramonto
su questi prati silenti,
pace e gioia donando
agli esseri viventi.
Con luci e ombre dipinge
i pascoli ricoperti di fiori,
sui prati verdi si sparge
rugiada in cristallini fulgori.

Qui fra i trastulli di Zefiro
e il verso degli uccelli canori,
di gioia mi si colma l'animo,
felici si fanno i cuori.
Respiro piaceri soavi
in questa dimora santa,
Le pene si fanno lievi
nel sole che tramonta.

A te che spargi la luce
che si fa rossa là in alto,
e il canto della notte
diffondi in questo prato,
a te consacro il mio cuore,
che puro e grato arde forte,
possa così anche battere lieto,
al tempo della morte.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Christoph Heise (1761 - 1834), "Abendlied", first published 1803
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This text was added to the website: 2011-11-11
Line count: 24
Word count: 118