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Im Buchengrund in grüner Nacht Liegt die verfallene Mühle, Da [blühen]1 nur Zauberblumen sacht In [klarer Mittagschwüle.]2 Das Wasser stürzt zum Rad hinein, Rauscht fort in Waldeskühle, Es rauscht tagaus und rauscht tagein -- Still aber liegt die Mühle. Die Linde einsam vor der Thür Schaut fragend durch die Scheiben, [Aber]3 kein Mägdlein tritt herfür Zum Brunnen unter den Eiben. In stiller Nacht nur singt es lind Dort in der Waldeskühle. Am Morgen hat's verweht der Wind, Und einsam liegt die Mühle.
Confirmed with Haideröslein. Ein Liederstrauß, Würzburg: Leo Wörl'sche Buch-, Kunst- und Verlagshandlung, 1870, pages 64 - 65.
Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, pages 129-130.
1 Rheinberger: "bluh'n"2 Rheinberger: "Sommer-Mittagsschwüle"; Waldblumen edition: "blauer Mittagschwüle"
3 Rheinberger: "Doch"
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Die verfallene Mühle", appears in Haideröslein ; Ein Liederstrauß, in 2. Herzensklänge, appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition] [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 Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Die verfallene Mühle", op. 90, Heft 1 no. 2 (1875), published 1877 [ ttbb chorus a cappella ], from Vom Rhein. Sechs vierstimmige Männerchöre, no. 2, Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The derelict water-mill", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2018-06-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 85
In the beech grove in the green night Lies the derelict water-mill, Only magical flowers bloom gently there In the [clear]1 midday humidity. The water plunges into the wheel, Rushes off in the forest coolness, It rushes day in and rushes day out -- But the mill lies silent. The solitary linden tree in front of the door Gazes inquiringly through the windowpanes, But no maiden steps forth To the well under the yews. Only in the quiet night there is a gentle singing There in the forest coolness. It the morning it has been dissipated by the wind, And the mill lies there all alone.
1 Waldblumen edition: "blue"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Die verfallene Mühle", appears in Haideröslein ; Ein Liederstrauß, in 2. Herzensklänge, appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition]
This text was added to the website: 2021-11-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 107