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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Wenn du am Felsenhange standst alleine
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Wenn du am Felsenhange standst alleine,
Unten im Walde Vögel seltsam sangen
Und Hörner aus der Ferne irrend klangen,
Als ob die Heimat drüben nach dir weine,

War's niemals da, als riefe dich die Eine, Deine?
Lockt' dich kein Weh, kein brünstiges Verlangen
Nach andrer Zeit, die lange schon vergangen,
Auf ewig einzugehn in grüne Scheine?

Gebirge dunkelblau steigt aus der Ferne,
Und von den Gipfeln führt des Bundes Bogen
Als Brücke weit in unbekannte Lande.

Geheimnisvoll gehn oben goldne Sterne,
Unten erbraust viel Land in dunklen Wogen --
Was zögerst du am unbekannten Rande?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte, in Jugendandacht, no. 8 [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 Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905 - 1963), "Jugendandacht", op. 33 no. 1 (1945), orchestrated 1951 [soprano and orchestra], from Sieben Sonette nach Gedichten von Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 1. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Meditation on Youth", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2011-09-09
Line count: 14
Word count: 94

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