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Wie willst du dich mir offenbaren, Wie ungewohnt, geliebtes Tal? Nur in den frühsten Jugendjahren Erschienst du so mir manches Mal. Die Sonne schon hinabgegangen, Doch aus den Bächen klarer Schein; Kein Lüftchen spielt mir um die Wangen, Doch sanftes Rauschen in dem Hain. Es duftet wieder alte Liebe, Es grünet wieder alte Lust; Ja, selbst die alten Liedertriebe Beleben diese kalte Brust. Natur, wohl braucht es solcher Stunden, So innig, so liebevoll, Wenn dieses arme Herz gesunden, Das welkende genesen soll. Bedrängt mich einst die Welt noch bänger, So such' ich wieder dich mein Tal, Empfange dann den kranken Sänger Mit solcher Milde noch einmal. Und sink' ich dann ermattet nieder, So öffne leise deinen Grund Und nimm mich auf und schließ' ihn wieder Und grüne fröhlich und gesund.
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Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Das Tal", appears in Lieder [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 Carl Friedrich Johann Girschner (1794 - 1860), "Das Thal ", published 1838 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 5, Berlin, Ende [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Das Tal" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Das Thal", op. 60, Heft 1 (1. Folge der Frühlings- und Wanderlieder) no. 6, KWV 9107 no. 6 [ voice and piano ], from 12 Lieder und Romanzen von L. Uhland, für 1 und 2 Singstimmen mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl, Freiherr von Seckendorff (flourished c1819), "Das Tal", published [1819] [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte in Musik gesetzt und seiner Schwester gewidmet von Carl von Seckendorff, no. 7, Leipzig: Bey Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Das Tal", op. 51 (Zwei Gesänge) no. 1 (1902) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "The valley", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La vallée", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La valle", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 130
How do you want to present yourself to me, so unexpectedly, [my] beloved valley? Only in my early youth I often saw you like today. The sun has already descended, Yet there's a glitter off the stream; No breath of wind caresses my cheek, Yet there's a soft rustle in the green. It smells again of past love, Past desire sprouts again; Yes, even the old creativity Comes back to revitalise this old body. [Mother] nature, it takes her hours, so tender, so lovingly, to nurse this poor heart back to health, to brush out Life's creases. And if one day the world is harassing me even worse, I'll again turn to you my valley, For you to embrace the ailing herald With such inherent kindness once again. And when I finally weakly sink down, Do open up quietly for me And take me in and close above me And go on blossoming, as cheerful and robust as before.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Das Tal", appears in Lieder
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-26
Line count: 24
Word count: 159