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Und schreit' ich in den Wald hinaus, Da grüßen mich die Bäume. Du liebes, freies Gotteshaus, Du schließest mich mit Sturmgebraus In deine kühlen Räume! Da sink' ich an das laute Herz Der Einsamkeit des Waldes -- Das größte Leid wird süßer Schmerz, Auf Liederschwingen himmelwärts Verklingt es und verhallt es. Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort, Verborgnes Quellenrauschen -- O Wald, o Wald, geweihter Ort, Laß mich [der Liebe]1 reinstes Wort, [An deiner Brust]2 belauschen! Was leise mich umschwebt, umklingt, -- Ich will es treu bewahren, Und was [in Klarheit mich durchdringt]3, Will ich, vom Geist der Lieb' beschwingt, In Liedern offenbaren!
C. Schumann sets stanzas 3, 1, 4
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Hermann Rollett, Jena, Friedrich Luden, 1846, pages 108-109.
Note: Clara Schumann switches the stanzas around; her setting begins "Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort".
1 Schumann: "des Lebens"2 Schumann: "in Zweig und Blatt"
3 Schumann: "mir tief zum Herzen dringt"
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904), "Waldeszauber", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Friedliche Stimmen, first published 1846 [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 Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896), "Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort", op. 23 no. 3, published 1856, stanzas 3,1,4 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "Soft, secret whispers here and there", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chuchotements secrets ici et là", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 103
And striding out into the wood, I'm greeted by the saplings, the dear and open house of God, Embracing me with roaring storm In your refreshing spaces! [ . . . .] Soft, secret whispers here and there, and springs with hidden murmurs, o wood, o wood, o sacred spot, o let me hear life's purest word in ev'ry twig and leaflet! What ever soars and sings 'round me, I will preserve it truly, what ever pierces deep my heart, I will, by Love's own spirit borne, by singing songs reveal it.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 1996 by David Kenneth Smith, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904), "Waldeszauber", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Friedliche Stimmen, first published 1846
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 92