"Im Abendrot" from "Vier letzte Lieder" by Richard Strauss.
Based on the poem by Joseph von Eichendorff.
Performance by Wolfgang Sawallisch and Philadelphia Orchestra. Soprano: Barbara Hendricks. EMI Classics, 2003.
Im Abendrot:
Wir sind durch Not und Freude
gegangen Hand in Hand;
vom Wandern ruhen wir
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.
Daß wir uns nicht verirren
in dieser Einsamkeit.
O weiter, stiller Friede!
So tief im Abendrot.
Wie sind wir wandermüde--
Ist dies etwa der Tod?
At Sunset
We have gone through sorrow and joy
hand in hand;
Now we can rest from our wandering
above the quiet land.
Around us, the valleys bow;
the air is growing darker.
Just two skylarks soar upwards
dreamily into the fragrant air.
Come close to me, and let them flutter.
Soon it will be time for sleep.
Let us not lose our way
in this solitude.
O vast, tranquil peace,
so deep at sunset!
How weary we are of wandering---
Is this perhaps death?
@willy44 I agree with you so muche. Music is the best thing in the world. It makes everything seems beautiful and it is a refuge when things are not what they should be. My life would not be the same without music.
annemarieclaudia 1 month ago
Music takes things so .. far away. How I love closing eyes, remembering... beauty from special travels. - I am happy to have seen and learned from music, art, culture and so much more than I can tell ... you or any One...
I am happy.
willy44 1 month ago
Next to Dame Kiri this is the most beautiful rendering of this song I have heard on You Tube! Brava!
MrAndredekock 5 months ago
wonderful, the combination of pictures with this genius music!
Brombeere108 1 year ago