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by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909)

Die Sonne ist hinabgesunken
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Die Sonne ist hinabgesunken,
Es geht der müde Tag zur Ruh';
Gekehrt nach innen schließt sich trunken
Der Blume holdes Auge zu.

Doch einen letzten Strahl der Sonne
Barg sie im tiefen Kelche sacht;
Der soll von Frühlingslust und Wonne
Ein Traum ihr sein in dunkler Nacht.

So blieb auch mir von sel'gen Stunden
Nur der Erinn'rung süßer Schmerz --
Du bist die Sonne, die entschwunden,
Die Blume ist mein dunkles Herz.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Gedichte von Georg Scherer, vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Berlin, Wien: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1894, page 78


Text Authorship:

  • by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909), "Die Blume", appears in Gedichte von Georg Scherer, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder [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 Weidt (1824 - 1901), "Ständchen", op. 68 (Vier Quartetten für Männerstimmen) no. 3, published 1879 [ vocal quartet of male voices ], Kassel, Voigt [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2013-06-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 71

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