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Song Cycle
Translations © by Emily Ezust
Song Cycle by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
View original-language texts alone: Liederkreis von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff
Aus der Heimat hinter den Blitzen rot Da kommen die Wolken her, Aber Vater und Mutter sind lange tot, Es kennt mich dort [keiner]1 mehr. Wie bald, wie bald kommt die stille Zeit, Da ruhe ich auch, und über mir [Rauschet]2 die schöne Waldeinsamkeit, Und keiner [mehr kennt mich auch]3 hier.
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "In der Fremde", appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, first appeared in the novella "Viel Lärmen um nichts" (1833)
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Note: the first stanza was quoted as part of a text set by Einem.
1 Eisler: "niemand"2 Brahms, Schumann: "rauscht"
3 Brahms, Schumann: "kennt mich mehr"
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From the direction of home, behind the red flashes of lightning There come clouds, But Father and Mother are long dead; No one there knows me anymore. How soon, ah, how soon will that quiet time come, When I too shall rest, and over me the beautiful forest's loneliness shall rustle, And no one here shall know me anymore.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "In der Fremde", appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, first appeared in the novella "Viel Lärmen um nichts" (1833)
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Translation of title "In der Fremde" = "In a foreign place"This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 59
Dein Bildnis wunderselig Hab ich im Herzensgrund, Das sieht so [frisch]1 und fröhlich Mich an zu jeder Stund'. Mein Herz still in sich singet Ein altes schönes Lied, Das [in die Luft sich schwinget]2 Und [zu dir eilig]3 zieht.
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Intermezzo", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben
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1 Jensen: "froh"
2 Jensen: "durch die Seele klinget"
3 Jensen: "eilig zu dir"
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Your blissful, wonderful image I have in my heart's depths; it looks so freshly and joyously at me in every moment. My heart sings mutely to itself an old, beautiful song that soars into the air and hastens to your side.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Translations of titles
"Dein Bildniss wunderselig" = "Your blissful, wonderful image"
"Dein Bildnis wunderselig" = "Your blissful, wonderful image"
"Intermezzo" = "Intermezzo"
"Andenken" = "Thoughts"
"Dein Bildniss" = "Your image"
"Dein Bildnis" = "Your image"
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Line count: 8
Word count: 41
Es ist schon spät, es [wird]1 schon kalt, Was reitst du einsam durch den Wald? Der Wald ist lang, du bist allein, Du schöne Braut! Ich führ dich heim! "Groß ist der Männer Trug und List, Vor Schmerz mein Herz gebrochen ist, Wohl irrt das Waldhorn her und hin, O flieh! Du weißt nicht, wer ich bin." So reich geschmückt ist Roß und Weib, So wunderschön der junge Leib, Jetzt kenn ich dich - Gott steh mir bei! Du bist die Hexe Lorelei. - "Du kennst mich wohl - von hohem Stein Schaut still mein Schloß tief in den Rhein. Es ist schon spät, es [wird]1 schon kalt, Kommst nimmermehr aus diesem Wald."
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Waldgespräch", appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Conversa al bosc", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Gesprek in 't woud", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Conversation in the wood", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Forest encounter", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- FRE French (Français) (David Le Marrec) , "Il est déjà tard, il fait déjà froid", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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1 Schumann, Zemlinsky: "ist"
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It is already late, it is already cold; why do you ride alone through the wood? The wood is vast and you are alone, you fair bride! I will lead you home. "Great are the deceit and cunning of men; my heart has broken for pain. The forest horn strays here and there, o flee! You do not know who I am." So richly decked are mount and lady, so wondrously fair the young form; now I recognize you - God stand by me! You are the Witch Loreley. "You recognize me well - from the lofty cliffs my castle gazes down into the Rhine. It is already late, it is already cold - you shall never again leave this wood."
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Waldgespräch", appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen
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Line count: 16
Word count: 121
Es [weiß]1 und rät es doch keiner,
Wie mir so wohl ist, so wohl!
Ach, wüßt es nur einer, nur einer,
Kein Mensch es sonst wissen [soll!]2
So still ist's nicht draußen im Schnee,
So stumm und verschwiegen sind
Die Sterne nicht in der Höh,
Als meine Gedanken sind.
[ ... ]
Ich wünscht', ich wäre ein Vöglein
Und zöge über das Meer,
Wohl über das Meer und weiter,
Bis daß ich im Himmel wär!
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die Stille", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le silence", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "השקט", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La quiete", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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1 Bungert: "weiß es"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Schumann: "sollt'"
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No one knows or guesses
how glad I am, so glad!
Alas, if only one could know it, just one -
no other soul should know it!
The snow outside is not so quiet -
nor as mute and silent
are the lofty stars,
compared with my thoughts.
[ ... ]
I wish I were a little bird -
I would fly over the sea,
well across the sea and farther,
until I were in heaven!
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die Stille", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe
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Translation of title "Die Stille" = "Silence"This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 95
Es war, als [hätt']1 der Himmel, Die Erde still geküßt, Daß sie im Blütenschimmer Von ihm [nun]2 träumen müßt. Die Luft ging durch die Felder, Die Ähren wogten sacht, Es rauschten leis die Wälder, So sternklar war die Nacht. Und meine Seele spannte Weit ihre Flügel aus, Flog [durch]3 die stillen [Lande]4, Als flöge sie nach Haus.
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Mondnacht", appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte
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- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Jos. Van de Vijver) , "Maanlicht"
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- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Moonlit night", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Moonlit night", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nuit de lune", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "ליל ירח", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Note for line 1: on the repetition in Thuille's song, "hätt'" becomes "hätte".
1 Hutter: "ob"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Brahms, Schumann: "nur"
3 Thuille: "über"
4 Brahms: "Räume"
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It was as if the sky Had quietly kissed the earth, So that, glistening with blossoms, She must only dream of him.1 The breeze wafted through the fields, The ears of corn waved gently, The forests rustled faintly, So sparkling clear was the night. And my soul stretched its wings out far, Flew through the still lands, as if it were flying home.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Mondnacht", appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte
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View original text (without footnotes)Translation of title "Mondnacht" = "Moonlit night"
1 In German, "Die Erde" (the earth) is feminine and "Der Himmel" (the sky) is masculine.
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Line count: 12
Word count: 63
Es rauschen die Wipfel und schauern, Als machten zu dieser Stund' Um die halbversunkenen Mauern Die alten Götter die Rund'. Hier hinter den Myrtenbäumen In heimlich dämmernder Pracht, Was sprichst du wirr wie in Träumen Zu mir, phantastische Nacht? Es funkeln auf mich alle Sterne Mit glühendem Liebesblick, Es redet trunken die Ferne Wie vom künftigem, großem Glück!
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Schöne Fremde", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Bonic país estranger", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Mooi vreemd land", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Beauteous foreign land", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Beau pays étranger", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "נכר יפה", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Halle an der Saale: Druck und Verlag von Otto Hendel, [no year], page 23.
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The treetops rustle and shiver as if at this hour about the half-sunken walls the old gods are making their rounds. Here, behind the myrtle trees, in secretly darkening splendor, what do you say so murmuringly, as if in a dream, to me, fantastic night? The stars glitter down on me with glowing, loving gazes, and the distance speaks tipsily, it seems, of great future happiness.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Line count: 12
Word count: 66
Eingeschlafen auf der Lauer Oben ist der alte Ritter; Drüber gehen Regenschauer Und der Wald rauscht durch das Gitter. Eingewachsen Bart und Haare Und versteinert Brust und Krause, Sitzt er viele hundert Jahre Oben in der stillen Klause. Draußen ist es still und friedlich, Alle sind ins Thal gezogen, Waldesvögel einsam singen In den leeren Fensterbogen. Eine Hochzeit fährt da unten Auf dem Rhein im Sonnenscheine, Musikanten spielen munter, Und die schöne Braut die weinet.
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Auf einer Burg", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En un castell", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Op een burcht", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "In a castle", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sur un château", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "על ארמון", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Su una rocca", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "På en borg", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Em um castelo", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag, 1892, page 28.
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Asleep on his watch up there is the old knight; above move rainshowers, and the wood rustles through the grill. Beard and hair grown into one, chest and ruff have turned to stone; he sits for many hundreds of years above in his silent den. Outside it is quiet and peaceful: all have taken to the valley; woodbirds sing alone in the empty arching windows. A wedding passes by below on the Rhine, in the sunlight: musicians play gaily and the fair bride - she weeps.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Auf einer Burg", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
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Line count: 16
Word count: 86
Ich hör' [die]1 Bächlein rauschen Im Walde her und hin, Im Walde in dem Rauschen Ich weiß nicht, wo ich bin. Die Nachtigallen schlagen Hier in der Einsamkeit, Als wollten sie was sagen Von [der alten, schönen]2 Zeit. Die Mondesschimmer fliegen, Als [seh']3 ich unter mir Das Schloß im Thale liegen, [Und ist]4 doch so weit von hier! Als müßte in dem Garten Voll Rosen weiß und roth, [Meine]5 Liebste auf mich warten, Und ist [doch lange]6 todt.
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "In der Fremde", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ontheemd", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À l'étranger", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "In terra straniera", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Em terras estrangeiras", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "En el extranjero", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Verlag von Duncker und Humblot, Berlin, 1837, pages 33-34.
Note: modernized spelling would change "Thale" to "Tale", "roth" to "rot", and "todt" to "tot"
1 Ivers, Stern: "ein"; further changes may exist not shown above2 Marx: "alter, schöner"
3 Dresel, Jaques-Dalcroze, Marx, Schumann: "säh"
4 Banck: "Ist"
5 Banck: "Mein'"; Dresel: "Die"; Marx: "Der"
6 Marx: "schon lange"; Schumann: "doch so lange"
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I hear the brooklets rushing here and there in the wood. In the wood, amidst the rushing, I know not where I am. The nightingales sing here in the solitude, as if they wanted to speak of fine old times. The moonbeams dart and I seem to see below me a castle lying in the valley - yet it is so far from here! It seems as if, in the garden full of roses white and red, my sweetheart were waiting for me - yet she is long since dead.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "In der Fremde", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
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Translation of title "In der Fremde" = "In a foreign place"This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 90
Ich kann wohl manchmal singen, Als ob ich fröhlich sei, Doch heimlich Tränen dringen, Da wird das Herz mir frei. [Es]1 lassen Nachtigallen, Spielt draußen Frühlingsluft, Der Sehnsucht Lied erschallen Aus ihres [Kerkers]2 Gruft. [Da]3 lauschen alle Herzen, Und alles ist erfreut, Doch keiner [fühlt]3 die Schmerzen, Im Lied das tiefe Leid.
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- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben, in Wehmut, no. 1
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Weemoed", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Melancholy", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Parfois je peux bien chanter", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "עצבות", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Malinconia", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Vemod", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Melancolia", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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1 Blodek, Hensel, Jensen, Schoeck, Széchényi: "So"
2 Blodek, Jensen, Schoeck, Széchényi: "Käfigs"
3 Barth, Hensel: "Es"
4 Hensel: "ahnt"
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Sometimes I can sing as if I were happy, but secretly tears well up and free my heart. The nightingales, when spring breezes play, let their songs of yearning resound from the depths of their dungeons. Then all hearts listen and everyone rejoices; yet no one truly feels the anguish of the song's deep sorrow.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben, in Wehmut, no. 1
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Translation of title "Wehmut" = "Melancholy"This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 55
Dämmrung will die Flügel spreiten, Schaurig rühren sich die Bäume, Wolken ziehn wie schwere Träume - Was will dieses Grau'n bedeuten? Hast ein Reh du lieb vor andern, Laß es nicht alleine grasen, Jäger ziehn im Wald und blasen, Stimmen hin und wieder wandern. Hast du einen Freund hienieden, Trau ihm nicht zu dieser Stunde, Freundlich wohl mit Aug' und Munde, Sinnt er Krieg im tück'schen Frieden. Was heut [müde gehet]1 unter, Hebt sich morgen neu geboren. Manches [bleibt]2 in Nacht verloren - Hüte dich, [bleib]3 wach und munter!
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- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Zwielicht", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Crepuscle", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Deemstering", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Twilight", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Pénombre", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "דימדומים", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Crepuscolo", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Grålysning", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Penumbra", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "Medialuz", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorffs sämtlich poetische Werk, Zweiter Band, Dritte Auflage, Leipzig, C. F. Amelang's Verlag, 1883, p. 436.
Note: some 20th century editions of Eichendorff have "wider" instead of "wieder" in stanza 2, line 4, but "wieder" is prevalent in the editions that came out in the 19th century. (With thanks to Alfred Liebel for pointing this out.)
1 Schumann: "gehet müde"
2 Schumann: "geht"
3 Schumann: "sei"
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Dusk prepares to spread its wings, the trees rustle ominously, clouds approach like heavy dreams - what does this horror mean? If you have a favorite roe, don't let it graze alone; hunters roam the forest, sounding their horns, their voices straying hither and thither. If you have a friend on earth, do not trust him in this hour; friendly might he seem in eye and mouth, yet he plans for war in deceitful peace. What today goes wearily down, will lift itself tomorrow newly born. Much goes astray at night - beware - be alert and wide awake!
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Note: the last line was changed 2014-01-20 from "their voices straying time and again" to "their voices straying hither and thither".This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 99
Es zog eine Hochzeit den Berg entlang, Ich hörte die Vögel schlagen, Da blitzten viel Reiter, das Waldhorn klang, Das war ein lustiges Jagen!1 Und eh' ich's gedacht, war alles verhallt, Die Nacht bedecket die Runde, Nur von den Bergen [rauschet]2 der Wald Und mich [schauert]3 im Herzensgrunde.
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- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Im Walde", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, first published 1835
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Al bosc", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "In het woud", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "In the woods", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "En forêt", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "ביער", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Nel bosco", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "I skogen", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Na floresta", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Na floresta", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "En el bosque", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Schumann adds an additional stanza here (op.75):
Der Bräutigem küsste die blasse Braut, die Mutter sprach leis', "Nicht klagen!" Fort schmettert das Horn durch die Schluchten laut, Es war ein lustiges Jagen!2 Schumann: "noch rauschet"
3 Schumann: "schauert's"
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Beside the mountain there passed a wedding party. I heard the birds singing; then there blazed past many horsemen, their forest horns sounding. That was a merry hunt! And before I could think about it, everything had died away and the night threw a cloak all around. Only from the mountains did the woods yet rustle, and deep in my heart I shudder.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 63
[Über'n]1 Garten durch die Lüfte Hört' ich Wandervögel ziehn, Das bedeutet Frühlingsdüfte, Unten fängt's schon an zu blühn. Jauchzen möcht' ich, möchte weinen, Ist mir's doch, als könnt's nicht sein! [Alte]2 Wunder wieder scheinen Mit dem [Mondesglanz]3 herein. Und der Mond, die Sterne sagen's, Und im [Träumen]4 rauscht's der Hain, Und die Nachtigallen schlagen's: Sie ist deine! Sie ist dein!
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- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Frühlingsnacht", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lentenacht", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Spring night", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "ליל אביב", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Notte di primavera", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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1 or "Über'm". Both versions are common in the literature. Gumbert and Sternberg use this, according to Hofmeister; further changes may exist not noted above.
2 Schumann, Dover score: "Alle" (however, often sung as "Alte")
3 Jensen: "Mondenglanz"
4 Jensen, Schumann: "Traume"
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Above the [gardens]1 and across the sky I heard migrating birds passing; that meant that spring was in the air; below, things are already beginning to bloom. I could rejoice, I could weep - I feel as though it cannot be! Old wonders appear again with the moonlight. And the moon and stars say it, and in a dream the grove murmurs it, and the nightingales sing it: she is yours! She is yours!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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View original text (without footnotes)Translation of titles
"Frühlingsnacht" = "Spring night"
"Frühlingsbotschaft" = "Spring message"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 74