Tausend Tannenwipfel droh’n

Tausend Tannenwipfel [droh’n]1
Brausend hin und wider,
Trutz’ger Nachtwald tost und stürmt
Seine Urweltslieder.

Trübe bin ich durch die Nacht
Tief vom Tal geklommen,
Müdes Schreiten hat mir sacht
Last um Last genommen.

Toteneinsam lausche ich
In der finstren Runde,
Und die Seele stillet sich
Bis zum tiefsten Grunde.

Translation(s): ENG

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Confirmed with Carl Hauptmann Aus meinem Tagebuch, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1900, page 225.

Authorship

• by Carl (Ferdinand Max) Hauptmann (1858 - 1921), no title, appears in Aus meinem Tagebuch, first published 1900 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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

• by Anna Teichmüller (1861 - 1940), "Stillung", op. 1 no. 3, published 1904 [voice and piano], from Fünf Gedichte von Carl Hauptmann für eine Singstimme und Klavierbegleitung, no. 3, Berlin, Helianthus (später Dreililien) [
   text not verified 
  ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Becalming", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Becalming

A thousand pine-tree tops threaten,
Swooshing this way and that,
The defiant night-wind blusters and storms
Its primordial songs.

Gloomily through the night I
Clambered my way from deep in the valley,
Weary treading has gently taken
Burden upon burden from me.

Deathly lonely, I hearken
In my dark surroundings,
And my soul is becalmed
To its most profound depths.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Carl (Ferdinand Max) Hauptmann (1858 - 1921), no title, appears in Aus meinem Tagebuch, first published 1900
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Anna Teichmüller. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2014-12-18.
Last modified: 2014-12-18 16:32:10
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Word count: 60