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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.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed 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
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This text was added to the website: 2011-03-06
Line count: 28
Word count: 94
Nothing on earth can be compared with a shepherd’s joy; on the green heath, the blossoming pastures, there’s true joy, I am aware. By cool springs, by warm suns to be radiated, without fear of weapons in the green field to sleep with my sheep is a joy in itself. Once I go out playing a hurdy-gurdy, another time I’m celebrating through the deep valley, then I have to dance, singing my heart out, I make again ring the echo’s sound. In exchange for a shepherd’s life, one might willing give – I don’t know what. I trade with no one, and I sleep with my heart’s dear sheep in the [green]1 grass.
About the headline (FAQ)
View text without footnotesTranslation of title "Zierlichkeit des Schäferlebens" = "The charm of the shepherd's life"
1 Silcher: "soft"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Zierlichkeit des Schäferlebens", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
This text was added to the website: 2019-01-09
Line count: 28
Word count: 114