Mein Lieb' ist das Bächlein

  Mein Lieb' ist das Bächlein,
Das Bächlein im Wald,
Es sprudelt durch Schatten
[Durch]1 Sonnenschein bald;

  Und schau' ich vom Ufer 
In's Wasser hinein, 
Kein Spiegel kann klarer, 
Kann reiner nicht sein; 

  Steh' fern ich am Hügel, 
Winkt's immer noch hold,
Blitzt hell durch die Büsche,
Wie Silber und Gold;

  Und wird's meinem Auge 
Vom Laub noch verhüllt, 
So hör' ich wie's [drunter]2
Seinen Eimer noch füllt;

  Dann tönt's aus dem Dunkel 
So treu an mein Ohr, 
Und plaudert von Sehnsucht 
Und Heimweh mir vor.

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Confirmed with Deutsche Dichterhalle des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, von Dr. J. Schenkel. Nach dessen Tode neu bearbeitet und vermehrt von Dr. F.C. Paldamus, Zweiter Band, Mainz: Verlag von C.F. Kunze, 1856, page 469

Authorship

• by Gustav Pfarrius (1800 - 1884), "Mein Lieb' ist das Bächlein" [ 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 Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Mein Lieb' ist das Bächlein", op. 184 (Sechs Lieder für Mittelstimme) no. 3, published 1859 [medium voice and piano], Hamburg, Meyer und Bartels [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by H. Vagedes , "Mein Lieb ist das Bächlein", published 1869 [low voice and piano?], from Waldlieder für tiefere Stimme, no. 6, Köln, Schloss [ sung text not verified ]

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

• ENG English (John H. Campbell) , title 1: "The brooklet is my devotion", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "My love is the brooklet", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

Last modified: 2017-06-23 16:34:45

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The brooklet is my devotion

My devotion is the brooklet, 
the little brook in the forest, 
it bubbles through shadows 
and sunshine,

and I look into the water 
from the bank,
no mirror can be clearer, 
cannot be more pure;

as I look from a distant hill, 
its beauty still beckons me,
flashing brightly through the bushes 
like silver and gold,

and when my view is screened 
by the foliage,
still I can hear its splashing 
like filling a pail;

then sounds from the darkness 
so faithfully in my ear,
and whispering to me of longing 
and homesickness.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Gustav Pfarrius (1800 - 1884), "Mein Lieb' ist das Bächlein"
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Heinrich August Marschner, H. Vagedes. Go to the text.

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

Last modified: 2017-06-23 16:34:30

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