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by Hermann Löns (1866 - 1914)
Translation © by Erkki Pullinen

Was frag ich nach den Menschen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FIN
Was frag ich nach den Menschen
Und nach der lauten Stadt,
Wenn mich die Bergwaldwildnis,
Die weiße Stille hat. 

Die Buchenstämme stehen
So schwarz im weißen Schnee,
Seinen Schlafbaum sucht der Bussard,
Zu Felde zieht das Reh. 

Der Fuchs bellt unten im Grunde,
Die Eule gibt keine Ruh,
Der Abendwind rührt an den Zweigen,
Der Schnee fällt immerzu. 

Im Tale funkeln die Lichter,
Was kümmert mich ihr Schein,
Ich stehe oben am Hange
Und bleibe für mich allein. 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Löns (1866 - 1914), "Bergwaldwildnis" [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 Berend Giltay , "Was frag' ich nach den Menschen", 1968, from Drei Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Was frag ich nach den Menschen ", <<1944 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-11-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

Mitäpä minä ihmisistä välittäisin
Language: Finnish (Suomi)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Mitäpä minä ihmisistä välittäisin
tai kaupungin melusta,
kun metsäisten vuorten erämaassa
löydän valkean hiljaisuuden.
 
Pyökinrungot seisovat
niin mustina valkoisen lumen keskellä,
nukkumapuutaan etsi hiirihaukka,
vainiolle hakeutuu kauris.
 
Kettu haukahtelee alhaalla laaksossa,
pöllö ei anna rauhaa,
iltatuuli koskettaa oksia,
kaiken aikaa satelee lunta.
 
Laaksossa vilahtelee valoja,
mitäpä minä niistä välittäisin,
minä seison ylhäällä rinteellä
ja jään sinne aivan yksin.

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Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Finnish (Suomi) copyright © 2019 by Erkki Pullinen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

    Erkki Pullinen. We have no current contact information for the copyright-holder.
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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Löns (1866 - 1914), "Bergwaldwildnis"
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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 58

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