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Ich hört ein Sichlein rauschen, Wohl rauschen durch das Korn; Ich hört ein Mägdlein klagen, Sie hätt ihr Lieb verlorn. Laß rauschen, Lieb, laß rauschen! Ich acht nicht, wie es geh; Ich thät mein Lieb vertauschen In Veilchen und im Klee. Du hast ein Mägdlein worben In Veilchen und im Klee: So steh ich hier alleine; Thut meinem Herzen weh. Ich hör ein Hirschlein rauschen, Wohl rauschen durch den Wald; Ich hör mein Lieb sich klagen: Die Lieb verrauscht so bald. Laß rauschen. Lieb, laß rauschen! Ich weiß nicht, wie mir wird; Die Bächlein immer rauschen, Und keines sich verirrt.
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• J. Brahms • R. Gund • W. Heinemann • P. Jarnach • W. PetersenJ. Brahms sets stanzas 1-3
W. Heinemann sets stanzas 1-3
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Alte deutsche Lieder gesammelt von Ludw. Achim von Arnim und Clemens Brentano,, Erster Theil, mit Einleitung und Anmerkungen von Robert Boxberger, Berlin: Gustav Hempel, [1880], pages 491-492.
Part of this text is used in Mengelberg's Erinnerung beim Wein.Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) ( 16th century ) , "Laß rauschen, Lieb, laß rauschen", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-06-21
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Word count: 108
I heard 1 a little sickle swooshing, A-swooshing through the wheat; I heard a maiden lamenting That she had lost her love. Let it swoosh, Love, let it swoosh! I pay no attention however it may go; In violets and in clover, I exchanged my love. You have wooed a maiden In the violets and in the clover: I stand here thus alone; It makes my heart sore. I hear a little deer rushing, A-rushing though the woods; I hear my love lamenting: Love rushes away so quickly. Let it rush, Love, let it rush! I know not how I feel; The brooklets rush always, And not one of them gets lost.
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"Altes Volkslied" = "Old folk-song"
"Das Sichlein" = "The little sickle"
"Die Lieb' vertauscht so bald" = "Love so quickly exchanges"
"Ich hörte ein Sichlein rauschen" = "I heard a little sickle swooshing"
"Ich hört ein Sichlein rauschen" = "I heard a little sickle swooshing"
"Klage und Trost" = "Lament and comfort"
"Lass rauschen" = "Lament and comfort"
"Laß rauschen, Lieb, laß rauschen" = "Let it swoosh, Love, let it swoosh"
"Volkslied" = "Folk-song"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Laß rauschen, Lieb, laß rauschen", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
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This text was added to the website: 2022-09-12
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Word count: 117