Jetzt rede du!

Du warest mir ein täglich Wanderziel,
Viellieber Wald, in dumpfen Jugendtagen,
Ich hatte dir geträumten Glücks so viel
Anzuvertraun, so wahren Schmerz zu klagen.

Und wieder such' ich dich, du dunkler Hort,
Und deines Wipfelmeers gewaltig Rauschen -
Jetzt rede du! Ich lasse dir das Wort!
Verstummt ist Klag und Jubel. Ich will lauschen.

Translation(s): ENG SWE

List of language codes

Submitted by Jakob Kellner

Authorship

• by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898) [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

• by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Jetzt rede du!", op. 9 (Fünf Gedichte für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1895 [medium voice and piano], Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Albert Decker , "Jetzt rede du", published 1893 [voice and piano], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Wien, Jungmann & Lerch [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Jetzt rede du!", op. 123 (6 Lieder für Bariton und Klavier) no. 2 (1945). [baritone and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Siegmund von Hausegger (1872 - 1948), "Jetzt rede du", published 1898 [medium voice and piano], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 12, Berlin, Ries & Erler [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Jetzt rede du!", op. 114 no. 5. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Jetzt rede du!", op. 60 no. 28 (1946) [medium voice and piano], from Das stille Leuchten: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, no. 28, Wien: Universal Edition [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Georg Schumann (1866 - 1952), "Jetzt rede du!", op. 14 (Lieder für Gesang und Klavier) no. 1, published 1896 [voice and piano], Leipzig, F. E. C. Leuckart [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by James Simon (1880 - 1944), "Jetzt rede du!", op. 6 no. 3 (1912). [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Tor Hedberg (1862 - 1931) ENG by Ture Rangström.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Now you speak!", copyright ©

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