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Frisches Bächlein, aus den Steinen Stürzest schäumend du zu Thal, Deine mächt'gen, deine kleinen Wellen grüß ich tausendmal! Wie ein Kinderauge blauend, Hell und klar wie Kindesherz Fließest du, zum Himmel schauend, Durch die Dornen, durch den Schmerz. Frisches Bächlein, lustig schäumend, Voller Jubel, voller Scherz, Sinnig, lieblich fließend, träumend, Wahre dir das junge Herz! Laß die großen Ströme brausen, Neide nicht die stolze Flut! In der Wälder grünen Klausen, O da [horst]1 sich's gar zu gut!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Wintergarten: Novellen und Wanderbilder nebst einer lyrische Nachlass, Frankfurt am Main: G. J. Hamacher, 1874, page 159. Appears in Gedichte. Modernized German would change "Thal" to "Tal.
Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, page 30-31.
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- by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Gebirgsbach", appears in Wintergarten: Novellen und Wanderbilder nebst einer lyrischen Nachlese, in Gedichte, appears in Waldblumen, in 1. Naturstimmen [3rd edition] [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 Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Der Gebirgsbach", op. 131 (Sechs Gesänge für vier Frauenstimmen (oder Chor)) no. 3 (1882), published 1883 [ SSAA chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-02-01
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Brisk little brooklet, from among the stones You plunge foaming towards the valley, I greet your mighty, greet your small Waves a thousand times! Growing blue like the eye of a child, Bright and lucid like a child's heart, Gazing toward heaven you flow Through thorns, through pain. Brisk brooklet, merrily foaming, Full of rejoicing, full of jest, Thoughtful, flowing beautifully, dreaming, Keep your young heart thus! Let the great rivers roar, Do not envy the proud torrent! In the green retreats of the forests, Oh, it is so very good to dwell there!
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Translations of title(s):
"Der Gebirgsbach" = "The mountain brook"
"Gebirgsbach" = "Mountain brook"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Gebirgsbach", appears in Wintergarten: Novellen und Wanderbilder nebst einer lyrischen Nachlese, in Gedichte, appears in Waldblumen, in 1. Naturstimmen [3rd edition]
This text was added to the website: 2020-12-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 95