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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE

Drüben [geht]¹ die Sonne scheiden,
Und der müde Tag entschlief.
[Niederhangen]² hier die Weiden
In den Teich, so still, so tief.

Und ich muß mein Liebstes meiden:
Quill, o Thräne, quill hervor!
Traurig säuseln hier die Weiden,
Und im Winde bebt das Rohr.

[In mein stilles, tiefes Leiden]³
[Strahlst du, Ferne! hell und mild]⁴,
[Wie durch Binsen hier und Weiden
Strahlt des Abendsternes Bild.]⁵

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• T. Edelmann • J. Lang • H. Marteau • E. Moór • V. Nessler • J. Rheinberger • J. Rheinberger • A. Schoenberg

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Confirmed with Nicolaus Lenau’s sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [no year], page 13.

¹ Marteau: "ging"
² Moór: "Niederhängen"
³ Lang: "Wie durch Binsen hier und Weiden"
⁴ Lang: "Strahlt des Abendsternes Bild"; Moór: "Strahltest du, Ferne! hell und mild"
⁵ Lang: "In mein stilles, tiefes Leiden/ Strahlst du, Ferne! hell und mild."

Text Authorship:

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht, in Schilflieder, no. 1 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Curt von Arnim , "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Schilflieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 9 no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder von Lenau, no. 1, Wien, (Buchholz & Diebel Sort.) [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Schilflied", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 5 (1853) [ vocal quartet for male voices ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Albert Ernst Anton Becker (1834 - 1899), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 4 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1880 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Eduard Bix , "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Triest, Dase [sung text not yet checked]
by Emile-Robert Blanchet (1877 - 1943), "Schilflied", published 1902/3 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Claussen (1843 - 1869), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 2 (Fünf Schilflieder von Lenau, für eine tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1874 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis Dumack , "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 14 no. 1, published 1886 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Zwei Schilflieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
by Toni Edelmann (b. 1945), "Schilflied I ", published c2003 [ voice and piano ], from Herbstlieder, no. 1, Helsinki : Sulasol [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ernst II, Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha (1818 - 1893), "Drüben geht die Sonne", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Schilflieder von Lenau, no. 1, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernst Paul Flügel (1844 - 1912), "Schilflied", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Greifswald, Verlag der Academischen Buchhandlung (and later: Leipzig, Leuckart, 1876) [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 2 no. 2, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder, no. 2, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by A. Friedland , "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder. Cyklus von 5 Gesängen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
by (Leonard Johann Heinrich) Albert Fuchs (1858 - 1910), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", published 1879 [ alto or mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Schilflieder von Lenau. Liedercyklus für Alt (oder Mezzo-Sopran oder Bariton) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "Schilflied", op. 16 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme (Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Joseph (or Josef) Gänsbacher (1829 - 1911), "Schilflied", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Geisler (1856 - 1919), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung. 2. Folge. Zehn Dichtungen von Lenau und Heine, no. 1, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Friedrich Johann Girschner (1794 - 1860), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 27 (Sechs Gesänge und Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran, Alt oder Bariton ) no. 5, published 1839 [ mezzo-soprano, alto, or baritone and piano ], Cöln, Eck und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848 - 1906), "Schilflied", published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 15, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Schilflied", op. 17 (Zehn Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1884 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Tübingen, Laupp [sung text not yet checked]
by Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", 1909 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Drüben ging die Sonne scheiden", op. 7 (Schilf-Lieder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Schilflied", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran oder Alt) no. 6 (1838), published 1860 [ mezzo-soprano or alto, piano ], Leipzig: Friedrich Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Meiden", op. 14 (3 Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran, Alt oder Bariton) no. 2, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Darmstadt, Pabst [sung text not yet checked]
by Henri Marteau (1874 - 1934), "Drüben ging die Sonne scheiden", op. 31 (Fünf Schilflieder) no. 1, published 1925 [ baritone, viola and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by C. A. Joh. Masberg , "Schilflied", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Barth [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Mayer (1859 - 1931), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 5 no. 1, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder von Lenau für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
by Emanuel Moór (1863 - 1931), "Abendlied", op. 13 (Sechzehn Lieder) no. 5, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], London, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 40 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by August Püringer , "Schilflied", op. 3 (5 Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernst Michael Quirin Reiter (1814 - 1875), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 10 no. 1, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Schilflieder, Gedichte von Lenau, für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 1, Zürich: Franz Hanke [sung text not yet checked]
by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Schilflied", op. 26 (Sieben Lieder) no. 5 (1862), published 1871 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Schilflied", 1858, published 2004 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hugo Riemann (1849 - 1919), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 17 no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Abend-Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Bielefeld, Sulzer [sung text not yet checked]
by James Rothstein (b. 1871), "Schilflied", op. 2 (Zwei Lieder für mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Sulzer Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernst (Friedrich Karl) Rudorff (1840 - 1916), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden ", op. 17 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917), "Schilflieder II", op. 32 no. 2 [ medium voice and piano ], from Schilflieder = Chants des joncs et des roseaux, no. 2, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Schnell (? - 1884), "Schilflied", op. 5, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 2 no. 1 (1905), from Drei Schilflieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Schilflied", 1893 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Alwin Schutzer , "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 7 no. 1, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Schilflieder, no. 1, Dresden, Brauer [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Strusch , "Schilflied", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Kassel, (Kuprion) [sung text not yet checked]
by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel (1854 - 1912), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 10 no. 1 (1875) [ voice and piano ], from Schilf-Lieder, no. 1, also set in Flemish (translated by E. Hiel) [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Drüben geht die Sonne scheiden", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Schilflied I", 1856 [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Waack (1861 - 1922), "Schilflied", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Riga, Deubner [sung text not yet checked]

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by Sárvár-Felsővidéki gróf Széchényi Imre (1825 - 1898), "Schilflied" [ voice and piano ]
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by Carl Reichelt , "Schilflieder", op. 7 (Vier Lieder für Männerchor) no. 1, published 1877 [ men's chorus ], Essen, Silkrodt
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Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Christian Richardt (1831 - 1892) ; composed by Peter Arnold Heise.
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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917) ; composed by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger.
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Word count: 64

The sun is sinking over there

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The sun is sinking over there,
and the weary day has fallen asleep.
The willows here hang down
into the pond, so still, so deep.

And I must part from my dearest;
well up, 0 tears, well up within me!
The willows rustle mournfully here,
and the reed trembles in the wind.

Into my silent, deep sorrow,
Shine, distance! bright and mild -
just as, through weeds and willows here,
the evening star's image shines.

Text Authorship:

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 74

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