There are storms in the evening sky (Schöpff, set by Robert Schumann) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Friedrich Wilhelm Traugott Schöpff (1826 - 1916), as Wilfried von der Neun

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Es stürmet am Abendhimmel

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): DUT ENG

Es stürmet am Abendhimmel,
Es zittert der Sonne Licht,
Im Äther die eine Wolke
Von Lust und Lieb' ihr spricht.

Die Wolke, vom Sturm gezogen,
Dehnt weit die Arme aus,
Sie glüht im Purpur der Liebe
Und wirbt im Sturmgebraus.

Da scheidet die Braut von dannen,
Die Wolke der Sturm entrafft;
Der Purpur ist all verschwunden,
Schwarz ist sie und grausenhaft.

Authorship

by Friedrich Wilhelm Traugott Schöpff (1826 - 1916), as Wilfried von der Neun [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Es stürmet am Abendhimmel", op. 89 no. 1 (1850), published 1850 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gesänge von Wilfried von der Neun, no. 1, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het stormt aan de avondhemel", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "There are storms in the evening sky", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:43
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

There are storms in the evening sky

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

There are storms in the evening sky,
The sunlight shivers:
In the ether, a solitary cloud
Speaks to it of desire and love.

The cloud, blown around by the storm,
Extends its embrace,
It glows purple with love
But it's tossed about by the brewing storm.

Then flees its companion,
The cloud is snatched up by the storm;
The purple disappears,
Darkened is she, and full of dread.

Translator's notes
Line 3-1: "companion", i.e., the sun
Line 3-4: "she", i.e., the sun

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Wilhelm Traugott Schöpff (1826 - 1916), as Wilfried von der Neun

Text added to the website: 2020-01-03 00:00:00
Last modified: 2020-01-03 22:30:52
Line count: 12
Word count: 68