Dort hoch auf jenem Berge
Language: German (Deutsch)
Dort hoch auf jenem Berge, da geht ein Mühlenrad! Das mahlet nichts als Liebe, die Nacht bis in den Tag! Die Mühle ist zerbrochen, die Liebe hat ein End'! So gesegn' Dich Gott, mein feines Lieb! Jetzt fahr' ich in's Elend!
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Dort hoch auf jenem Berge", 1869, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "High on yonder mountain", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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