Es mahnt der Wald, es ruft der Strom
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA
Es mahnt der Wald, es ruft der Strom:
"Du [holdes]1 Bübchen zu uns komm!"
Der Knabe [naht, und staunt, und]2 weilt,
Und ist von [allem]3 Schmerz geheilt.
Aus [Saaten]4 flötet Wachtelschlag,
Mit irren [Lichtern]5 spielt der Tag;
[Und auf den Blümlein in der Au]6
Erglänzt des Himmels feuchter Thau.
Ins [hohe]7 Gras legt er sich hin:
Läßt über sich die Wolken zieh'n -
An [Mutter Erde]8 angeschmiegt,
Hat ihn der Traumgott eingewiegt.
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, page 47.
Note: Schubert received Mayrhofer's texts generally in handwriting; the printed edition of Mayrhofer's poems appeared much later and presents the texts usually in a revised version.
1 Schubert: "liebes"
2 Schubert: "kommt und staunend"
3 Schubert: "jedem"
4 Schubert: "Büschen"
5 Schubert: "Farben"
6 Schubert: "Auf Blümchen roth, auf Blümchen blau"
7 Schubert: "frische"
8 Schubert: "seine Mutter"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó de bressol", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Slaaplied/Sluimerliedje", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "Lullaby", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Natalie Macfarren) , "In the wood"
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Berceuse", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Antonio Zencovich) , "Ninna nanna", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Mercedes Vivas) , "Nana", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust
[Administrator] , Peter Rastl
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 72
Lullaby
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
The woods exhort, the stream calls clear,
Dear youngling, join our pleasures here.
Entranced, the boy comes through the field,
He stands, and all his hurts are healed.
A quail pipes from the hedge. The day
Diverts itself with colors gay;
On blossoms red, on blossoms blue,
Heaven shakes its sparkling dew.
He makes the grassy bank his bed,
White clouds are drifting overhead;
In Mother Nature's lap he seems,
Lulled to sleep by the god of dreams.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by T. P. (Peter) Perrin, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Line count: 12
Word count: 79