Im Herbste
German source:
Justinus Kerner
Eilend von hier, von hier!
Auf dass Ihr Wärme komm’
Einzig von mir.
Welkt nur, ihr Blumen, welkt!
Schweigt nur, ihr Vögelein!
Auf dass Ihr sing’ und blüh’
Ich nur allein.
In Autumn
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Hurry away from here!
So that she might be warmed
By me alone!
Wither, flowers, O wither!
Be silent now, you little birds!
That I alone might sing to her
And bloom in doing so.
Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Im Herbste
German source:
Justinus Kerner
In Autumn
English source:
Richard Stokes
Zieh’ nur, du Sonne, zieh’
Be off with you, O sun,
Eilend von hier, von hier!
Hurry away from here!
Auf dass Ihr Wärme komm’
So that she might be warmed
Einzig von mir.
By me alone!
Welkt nur, ihr Blumen, welkt!
Wither, flowers, O wither!
Schweigt nur, ihr Vögelein!
Be silent now, you little birds!
Auf dass Ihr sing’ und blüh’
That I alone might sing to her
Ich nur allein.
And bloom in doing so.
Composer
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured…
Poet
Justinus Kerner
Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner was a German poet, practicing physician, and medical writer. He was born at Ludwigsburg in Württemberg. After attending the classical schools of Ludwigsburg and Maulbronn, he was apprenticed in a cloth factory,…