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Im Wald, im hellen Sonnenschein Wenn alle Knospen springen, Da mag ich gerne mittendrein Eins singen. Wie mir zu Muth in Leid und Lust, Im Wachen und im Träumen, Das stimm' ich an aus voller Brust Den Bäumen. Und sie verstehen mich gar fein, Die Blätter alle lauschen, Und fall'n am rechten Orte ein, Mit Rauschen. Und weiter wandelt Schall und Hall, In Wipfeln, Fels und Büschen. Hell schmettert auch Frau Nachtigall Dazwischen. Da fühlt die Brust am eignen Klang, Sie darf sich was erkühnen -- O frische Lust: Gesang! Gesang Im Grünen!
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• J. Blumenthal • F. Hensel • H. Kjerulf • V. Lachner • J. Raff • B. Randhartinger • J. Rosenhain • H. von Sahr • L. Thuille • H. ZöllnerH. Zöllner sets stanzas 1-2, 5
J. Rosenhain sets stanzas 1-5, 3
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Gedichte von Emanuel Geibel. Erste wohlfeile Ausgabe, Nijmegen, AE. Timmerman, 1846, pages 74-75. Modern German would change the spelling "Muth" -> "Mut"
Note: in Blumenthal's score there is a typo in stanza 2 line 3: word 4 is "gern" instead of "an".
Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 31 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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In the forest, in the bright sunshine, When all the buds spring forth, There I would gladly in their midst Be singing. How I feel in sorrow and joy, In waking and in dreaming, I sing forth with a full heart To the trees. And they understand me full well, The leaves all listen, And join in at the right place With rustling. And sound and echo travel further In treetops, crag, and bushes, Lady Nightingale also warbles brightly In their midst. There the heart feels from its own sound That it may venture something — O fresh joy: Singing! Singing In the countryside.
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• F. Hensel • J. Raff • B. Randhartinger • J. Rosenhain • H. von Sahr • L. Thuille • H. ZöllnerAbout the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesTranslations of titles:
"Gesang im Grünen" = "Singing in the Countryside"
"Gesang im Grünen von Em. Geibel" = "Song in the Countryside by Em. Geibel"
"Im Grünen" = "In the Countryside"
"Im Wald" = "In the Forest"
"Im Walde" = "In the Forest"
"Im Wald, im hellen Sonnenschein" = "In the forest, in the bright sunshine"
"Waldgesang" = "Forest Song"
"Waldlied" = "Forest Song"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 31
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This text was added to the website: 2025-07-08
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