If there is a lonely trepidation in my heart

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by Hermann Schulz (flourished c1837-1838)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Will's im Herzen einsam bangen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Will's im Herzen einsam bangen,
Will sich's trüb' um's Auge ziehn,
Nur hinaus und frisch ergangen! 
Labung weht aus laub'gem Grün.

  Traulich leise mag es sprechen 
Was in all' den Wipfeln lebt, 
In den Büschen an den Bächen, 
Wo des Friedens Dämmer webt.

  All' die helle Sangesfreude, 
Die das sonn'ge Grün durchklingt! 
Und die stille Herzensweide, 
Wenn der Mond in's Dunkel blinkt.

  Da, vom frischen Hauch umgossen, 
Findet jedes Herz die Ruh; 
Auf des Traumes luft'gen Sprossen 
Steigen Engel ab und zu.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Hermann Schulz, Wanderbuch. Ein Gedicht in Scenen und Liedern, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1838, pages 76-77.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Schulz (flourished c1837-1838), "Waldesruh", appears in Wanderbuch. Ein Gedicht in Scenen und Liedern [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 Carl Theodor Seiffert (1805 - 1885), "Will's im Herzen einsam bangen", op. 2 no. 5, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], Schleusingen: Glaser [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 83

If there is a lonely trepidation in my...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  If there is a lonely trepidation in my heart,
If my eyes are drearily shrouded,
Only go out and walk briskly!
Refreshing comfort wafts from green foliage.

  Familiarly quiet it may speak
Of everything that lives in the treetops,
In the bushes along the brooks,
Where weaves the twilight of peace.

  All the bright joy of singing,
That sounds through the sunny greenery!
And the quiet in which the heart revels,
When the moon glimmers into the darkness.

  There, suffused by the fresh breeze,
Every heart finds peace;
Upon the airy rungs of a dream
Angels climb up and down.

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Translations of title(s):
"Waldesruh" = "Forest peace"
"Will's im Herzen einsam bangen" = "If there is a lonely trepidation in my heart"

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Schulz (flourished c1837-1838), "Waldesruh", appears in Wanderbuch. Ein Gedicht in Scenen und Liedern
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This text was added to the website: 2023-01-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 101