What is the translation of Schumann's Beim Abschied zu Singen?

Answer 1

Des Sennen Abschied is originally a poem by Friedrich Schiller. I will first post the German original, then the English translation. Also, I translated the word "Senne" as "herdsman". It's an old German word for someone who has a farm up in the mountains (the Alps). The modern term would be "Almwirt" - the most literal translation could be "alps-herdsman".

Des Sennen Abschied

Ihr Matten, lebt wohl,

Ihr sonnigen Weiden!

Der Senne muß scheiden,

Der Sommer ist hin.

Wir fahren zu Berg, wir kommen wieder,

Wenn der Kuckuck ruft, wenn erwachen die Lieder,

Wenn mit Blumen die Erde sich kleidet neu,

Wenn die Brünnlein fließen im lieblichen Mai.

Ihr Matten, lebt wohl,

Ihr sonnigen Weiden!

Der Senne muß scheiden,

Der Sommer ist hin.

The herdsman' s farewell

Farewell, you dim-ones,

You sunny willows!

The herdsman must depart,

The summer is gone.

We will go to the mountain, we will come back,

When the cuckoo will call, when the songs will arise,

When with flowers the world will dress again,

When the little wells will flow during the lovely may.

Farewell, you dim-ones,

You sunny willows!

The herdsman must depart,

The summer is gone.

Answer 2

To sing by [during / at / in] the farewell.