Wie lieblich [schallt]1
  Durch Busch und Wald
Des Waldhorns süßer Klang!
  Der Wiederhall
  Im Eichental
Hallt's nach so lang -- so lang!
  (Echo: So lang -- so lang!)

  Und jede Brust
  Fühlt neue Lust
Beim frohen Zwillingston;
  Es flieht der Schmerz
  Aus jedem Herz
Sogleich davon -- davon!
  (Echo: Davon -- davon!)

  Und jeder Baum
  Im weiten Raum
Dünkt uns wohl noch so grün;
  Es wallt der Quell
  Wohl noch so hell
Durch's Tal dahin -- dahin!
  (Echo: Dahin -- dahin!)

  Und die Natur
  Zeigt Gottes Spur --
[Sey uns ein]2 Heiligthum;
  Und Jedermann
  [Bet's an -- bet' an]3 --
Tief, erfurchtsvoll -- und stumm!
  (Echo: Und stumm -- und stumm!)

F. Silcher sets stanzas 1, 3, 2

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Confirmed with Gesammelte Schriften des Verfassers der Ostereier, Christoph von Schmid, Siebzehntes Bändchen, Augsburg: Verlag der J. Woffischen Buchhandlung, 1844, pages 67-68. The text above follows this edition; we have also noted changes from the following edition in the footnotes: Christoph von Schmid, Blüthen, dritte Originalauflage, Regensburg und Landshut: G. Joseph Manz, 1836, pages 81 - 82.

¹ Gaugler: "hallt"; further changes may exist not noted above.
² in the 1836 edition of this poem, this is "Der Wald sein"
³ in the 1836 edition of this poem, this is "Beth' an, beth' an"

Text Authorship:

• by Christoph von Schmid (1768 - 1854), "Waldhornlied", appears in Blüthen [author's text checked 2 times 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 Gustav Flügel (1812 - 1900), "Das Waldhorn", op. 1 (Acht Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 8, published 1836 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Wagner und Richter [sung text not yet checked]
• by Theodor Gaugler (1840 - 1892), "Das Waldhorn", op. 23 no. 29, published 1876 [ women's chorus or boys' chorus ], from Sammlung drei- und vierstimmigen Lieder für Frauenchor (Mädchen- oder ungebrochene Knabenstimme) z. Gebr. in Schule und Verein, no. 29, Binningen, (Kompfe) [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Das Waldhorn", stanzas 1,3,2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Eduard Steinwarz , "Im Wald", published 1890 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Vier Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor, no. 2, Karlsruhe, Schuster [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Das Waldhorn", op. 58 (14 altdeutsche Volkslieder in neuen Singweisen für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor) no. 7, published 1894 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-05
Line count: 28
Word count: 104

  How mellifluously [resound]1
  Through bush and forest
The sweet tones of the bugle!
  The echo
  In the valley of oaks
Sounds it again so long -- so long!
  (Echo: So long -- so long!)

  And every breast
  Feels new joy
When it hears the twin tones;
  Pain flees
  From every heart
Immediately away -- away!
  (Echo: Away -- away!)

  And every tree
  In the wide expanse
Still seems to us so green;
  The water-spring bubbles
  Still so brightly
Through the valley, onward  -- onward!
  (Echo: Onward -- onward!)

  And nature
  Shows divine traces --
May it be a shrine for us;
  And everyone
  Should pray to it -- pray to it --
Profoundly, respectfully -- and mutely!
  (Echo: And mutely -- and mutely!)