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Ich will die Fluren meiden Mit meinem trüben Gram, Daß nicht der Lenz muß scheiden, Wo ich zu nahe kam; Daß nicht der Quell zu springen, [Zu blüh'n]1 der Blume Herz, Die Nachtigall zu singen Vergißt ob meinem Schmerz.
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Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 3. Dritter Strauß. Entfremdet [or Gemieden], no. 70 [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Ich will die Fluren meiden", 1904-5 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. I (1901-04), no. 17 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Elise Breiderhoff, née Frey (1849 - 1940), "Ich will die Fluren meiden", op. 3 (Vierzehn Lieder für 2 weibliche Stimme ohne Begleitung) no. 13, published 1897 [ vocal duet for female voices, unaccompanied ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Ich will die Fluren meiden", op. 49 (12 Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor), Heft 2 no. 4, published 1861 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Karl Johann Hofmann (1842 - 1902), "Ich will die Fluren meiden", op. 68 no. 3, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Sinnen und Minnen. Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "I want to avoid the meadows", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 40
I want to avoid the meadows With my sorrowful grief, So that the bloom of life might not depart If I came too near; That the spring would cease to flow The flower’s heart to blossom, The nightingale to sing On account of my pain.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 3. Dritter Strauß. Entfremdet [or Gemieden], no. 70
This text was added to the website: 2020-02-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 45