Welcome, my forest

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by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Willkommen, mein Wald

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Willkommen, mein Wald,
Grünschattiges Haus!
Durch die Wipfel schon hallt
Mir dein grüßend Gebraus.
Wie trink ich in Zügen
Mich frisch und gesund,
Hier athm' ich Genügen
Aus Herzensgrund!

Zum grasigen Hang,
Aufsteigend vom Thal,
Dringt der Glocken Klang
Und des Abends Strahl.
Und es rauscht in der Eiche
Hochstrebendem Baum
Im grünen Bereiche
Ein Liedestraum.

Den Blumen gesellt
Auf Rasen und Moos,
Tief schau ich die Welt
Und den Himmel, wie groß!
Und ich träume im Schweigen
Waldschattiger Ruh,
Den Himmel mein eigen,
Die Erde dazu!

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• H. Esser • R. Franz

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Confirmed with Otto Roquette, Liederbuch, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta’scher Verlag, 1852, pages 45-46

Text Authorship:

by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), "Waldruhe" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Word count: 91

Welcome, my forest

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Welcome, my forest,
Green-shadowy house!
Already sounding through the treetops is 
The roaring with which you greet me.
In great draughts I drink
To refresh myself and to convalesce,
Here I inhale sufficiency
From the bottom of my heart!

To the grassy slope
Rising from the valley,
Comes the sound of bells
And the rays of the evening light.
And there soughs in the oak,
The upward-striving tree,
In that green realm,
The dream of a song.

Consorting with the flowers
Upon the grass and moss,
I gaze deeply into the world
And into the sky, how vast!
And I dream in the silence
Of forest-shaded peace
That the sky is my own,
And the earth as well!

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Translations of title(s):
"Willkommen mein Wald" = "Welcome, my forest"
"Waldruhe" = "Forest peace"

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