Morgenständchen

In den Wipfeln frische Lüfte,
Fern melod'scher Quellen Fall
Durch die Einsamkeit der Klüfte,
Waldeslaut und Vogelschall,
Scheuer Träume Spielgenossen,
Steigen all' beim Morgenschein
Auf des Weinlaubs schwanken Sprossen
Dir [in's]1 Fenster aus und ein.
Und wir nah'n noch halb in Träumen
Und wir thun in Klängen kund,
Was da draußen in den Bäumen
Singt der weite Frühlingsgrund.
Regt der Tag erst laut die Schwingen:
Sind wir Alle wieder weit --
Aber tief im Herzen klingen
Lange nach noch Lust und Leid.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph, Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Zweite vermehrte und veränderte Auflage, Verlegt von W. Simion in Berlin, 1843, pages 231-232.

¹ Mendelssohn-Hensel: "zum"

Submitted by Emily Ezust

Authorship

• by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Morgenständchen", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe [ author's text verified 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889), "Morgenständchen", op. 26 (Acht Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1877 [voice and piano], Berlin, Bote & Bock [ sung text not verified ]
• by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Morgenständchen", 2000, lines 9-16 [high voice or medium voice and piano], from Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 5, Mainz, Schott [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Morgenständchen", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 (1840+) [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Wilhelm Petersen (1890 - 1957), "Morgenständchen", op. 44 no. 2, published 1956. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Morgenständchen", op. 13 no. 4, published 1930, from Dritter Liederkreis für 1-2 Singstimmen & Klavier: Gedichte von Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, no. 4, Berlin, Verlag Albert Stahl [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aubade", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Morning serenade", copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Aubade", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Aubade

Dans les fraîches brises des cimes,
La chute mélodique de lointaines sources,
Dans la solitude des ravins,
Les bruits de la forêt et le chant des oiseaux.

Compagnons de jeu de rêves timides
Dans les lueurs du matin,
Nous montons et descendons tous à ta fenêtre
Par les sarments vacillants de la treille.

Et encore dans le rêve nous approchons
Et rapportons avec nos sons,
Ce que dehors dans les arbres
Chante le lointain fond du printemps.

À peine le jour a-t-il bruyamment bougé ses ailes,
Nous sommes déjà tous au loin,
Mais encore longtemps après résonnent
Au fond du cœur joies et peines.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Morgenständchen", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe DUT ENG
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Gustav Hasse, Wilhelm Killmayer, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Wilhelm Petersen, Justus Hermann Wetzel. Go to the text.

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