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by Julius Rodenberg (1831 - 1914)

Bächlein am Wiesenrand
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Bächlein [am Wiesenrand]1
Rinnst du noch immer?
Blumen im Heimathland
Gebt ihr noch Schimmer?
Halme der [Heimathkluft]2
Mögt ihr noch rauschen?
Lerche der [Heimatluft]3
Könnt' ich Dir lauschen!
  Duftige [Jugendzeit]4,
  O wie so weit!

  Fließt noch durch Blumen bunt 
Silberne [Kühle;]5
Rauscht noch im Lindengrund
Klappernde [Mühle;]6
Fenster aus Laubgewind
Leuchtet noch munter, 
Aber das schönste Kind 
Schaut nicht herunter --
  Liebe der Jugendzeit,
  O wie so weit!

  Glück vorbei, Duft verweht, 
Liebe vergangen!
Durch meine Seele geht 
Leises Verlangen. 
Dürft' ich doch einmal nur, 
Einmal Dich schauen --
Heimathwald, Heimathflur, 
[Liebste]7 der Frauen!
  Aber wie Ewigkeit 
  [Bist Du mir weit. --]8

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   P. von Decker •   H. Marschner 

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Confirmed with Julius Rodenberg, Lieder und Gedichte, Berlin: Verlag von Gebrüder Paetel, 1880, pages 96-97.

1 Decker: "im Wiesengrund"
2 Marschner: "Heimatluft"
3 Decker: "Heimatkluft"
4 Decker: "Blumenzeit"
5 Marschner: "Kühle?"
6 Marschner: "Mühle?"
7 Decker: "Schönste"
8 Marschner: "Bist du mir weit; o wie so weit."

Text Authorship:

  • by Julius Rodenberg (1831 - 1914), "So weit!", appears in Lieder und Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in 2. Über die Berge [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 Pauline von Decker (1811 - 1882), "So weit", op. 16 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Albert Hermann Dietrich (1829 - 1908), "So weit", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder von Jul. von Rodenberg) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Filke , "Bächlein im Wiesengrund", op. 43 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 2, published 1895 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Rob. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "O wie so weit", op. 173 (Sechs Lieder von J. v. Rodenberg, für Bariton (oder Alt)) no. 3, published 1856 [ baritone or alto and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text checked 2 times]
  • by Franz Preitz (1856 - 1916), "So weit", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Albert Maria) Robert Radecke (1830 - 1911), "So weit!", published 1873 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Schotte (1864 - 1917), "So weit", op. 12 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Uhse [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Sitt (1850 - 1922), "So weit", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Königsberg, Jakubowsky (published without the opus number, which was assigned later) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Oskar Zehrfeld (b. 1854), "So weit", op. 14 (Fünf Lieder für Männerchor) no. 5, published 1887 [ men's chorus ], Dresden, Näumann [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "O how far", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)


Research team for this page: John H. Campbell , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 110

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