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by Gustav Kastropp (1844 - 1925)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sei gegrüßt, du Waldesrauschen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Sei gegrüßt, du Waldesrauschen,
Goldig grüne Dämmerluft!
Will dem Wehn des Windes Lauschen,
Baden mich in Blumenduft,

Horchen auf des Bachs Geriesel,
Der in Laub und Schilf versteckt,
Springend über bunte Kiesel,
Zarte Uferblumen neckt.

Auf dem Mose will ich liegen,
Eingewiegt in Waldesruh,
Die Gedanken aber fliegen
In das Tal dem Liebchen zu.

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Confirmed with Gustav Kastropp, König Elf’s Lieder. Eine lyrische Rhapsodie, Zweite Auflage, Stuttgart: Verlag von Adolf Bonz & Comp., 1877, page 22

Text Authorship:

by Gustav Kastropp (1844 - 1925), no title, appears in König Elfs Lieder, in 1. Erster Teil. Rosenzeit, no. 22, first published 1875 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Georg Schumann (1866 - 1952), "Sei gegrüsst du Waldesrauschen", op. 15 (Lieder für Gesang und Klavier) no. 3, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, F. E. C. Leuckart [sung text checked 1 time]
by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Sei gegrüsst, du Waldesrauschen", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Harold. Eine Folge von neun Gesängen aus Kastropp's lyrischer Rhapsodie "König Elf's Lieder" , no. 4, Mannheim, Heckel [sung text not yet checked]
by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "Sei gegrüsst, du Waldesrauschen", op. 31 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Greetings to you, soughing of the forest", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 54

Greetings to you, soughing of the forest

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Greetings to you, soughing of the forest,
Golden-green twilight air!
I wish to listen to the blowing of the wind,
To bathe in the scent of the flowers.

To listen to the murmuring of the brook,
Which, hidden in foliage and reeds,
Leaping over colourful pebbles,
Teases the flowers along its banks.

I wish to lie upon the moss,
Rocked to sleep in the forest’s peace,
But my thoughts fly
Into the valley toward my beloved.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Gustav Kastropp (1844 - 1925), no title, appears in König Elfs Lieder, in 1. Erster Teil. Rosenzeit, no. 22, first published 1875
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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 76