Im Abendrot

Wir sind durch Not und Freude
Gegangen Hand in Hand,
Vom Wandern ruhen wir [beide]1
Nun überm stillen Land.

Rings sich die Täler neigen,
Es dunkelt schon die Luft,
Zwei Lerchen nur noch steigen
Nachträumend in den Duft.

Tritt her, und laß sie schwirren
Bald ist es [Schlafenszeit]2,
Daß wir uns nicht verirren
In dieser Einsamkeit.

O weiter, stiller Friede!
So tief im Abendrot,
Wie sind wir wandermüde -- 
Ist [das]3 etwa der Tod? --

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¹ omitted by Strauss
² in another version of Eichendorff's: "Ruhenszeit"
³ Pepping, Strauss: "dies"

Authorship

by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788-1857) , "Im Abendrot", from Frühling und Liebe

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843-1900) , "Im Abendroth", op. 38 ([Neun] Duette für Sopran und Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 9, published 1883 [vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann
by Ernst Pepping (1901-1981) , "Im Abendrot", 1946, published 1949 [voice and piano], from Haus- und Trostbuch, no. 35.
by Karl Rausch (1880-1951) , "Im Abendrot" [voice and piano], from Elf Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 10.
by Richard Georg Strauss (1864-1949) , "Im Abendrot", WoO. 150 no. 4 (1948), published 1950 [soprano and orchestra], from Vier letzte Lieder, no. 4.

ENG English (Lena Platt) (Daniel Platt) , "In Twilight", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , "Coucher de soleil", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Abel Alamillo Fernández) , "En el crepúsculo", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Francesco Campanella) , "Al tramonto", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Beatrijs De Vos) , "In 't avondrood", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Salvador Pila) , "A l'hora baixa", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "In 't avondrood", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "At sunset", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "I aftenrøden", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POL Polish (Alicja Istigniejew) , "O zmierzchu", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRI Frisian [singable] (Geart van der Meer) , "Yn 't juntydsrea", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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