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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Nichts kann auf Erden
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Nichts kann auf Erden 
[Verglichen]1 werden 
Des Schäfers Lust,
Auf grünen Heiden,
Verblümten Weiden 
Gibt's wahre Freuden,
Mir ist's bewußt.

Bei kühlen [Bronnen]2,
Bei heißer Sonnen
Bestrahlet sein,
Ohn' Furcht der Waffen
[Im Grünen schlafen,
Bei meinen Schafen]3
Ist Freud' allein.

Bald geh' ich [leiren]4,
Bald wieder feiren
Durch tiefe Tal,
Dann muß ich springen
Mich ganz aussingen,
Tut wiederklingen
[Der Echo]5 Schall.

Ums Schäferleben
Soll man gern geben
Ich weiß nicht was,
Ich tausch' mit keinem
Und schlaf' bei meinen
Herzliebsten Schäfchen
Im [grünen]6 Gras.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Silcher 

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Confirmed with Des Knaben Wunderhorn: alte deutsche Lieder, volume 1, ed. by Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano, Heidelberg, 1806, pages 360-361.

1 Silcher: "Vergleichen"
2 Silcher: "Bronnen"
3 Silcher: "Bei meinen Schafen,/ Im Grünen schlafen"
4 Silcher: "leyren"
5 Silcher: "Des Echos"
6 Silcher: "weichen"

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Zierlichkeit des Schäferlebens", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [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 Eugen (Francis Charles) d'Albert (1864 - 1932), "Zierlichkeit des Schäferlebens" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Schäferleben" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , John Glenn Paton [Guest Editor] , Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2011-03-06
Line count: 28
Word count: 94

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