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Wo die Berge so blau Aus dem nebligen Grau Schauen herein, Wo die Sonne verglüht, Wo die Wolke umzieht, Möchte ich sein! Dort im ruhigen Tal Schweigen Schmerzen und Qual. Wo im Gestein Still die Primel dort sinnt, Weht so leise der Wind, Möchte ich sein! Hin zum sinnigen Wald Drängt mich Liebesgewalt, Innere Pein. Ach, mich zög's nicht von hier, Könnt ich, Traute, bei dir Ewiglich sein!
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Wo die Berge so blau", op. 98 no. 2, from An die ferne Geliebte, no. 2
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Allà on les muntanyes tan blaves", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Waar de bergen zo blauw", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Lynn Thompson) , "Where the mountains so blue", copyright © 1997, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Angelika Frenzel) , "Là où les monts si bleus", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Dove le montagne così azzurre", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Kur kalnų žydruma", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Donde las azules montañas", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 68
Là où les monts si bleus émergent du brouillard gris, là où le soleil se couche, là où s'avance le nuage, là je voudrais être! Là-bas dans la vallée calme se taisent les douleurs et la peine. Là où sur la roche la primevère rêve paisiblement, là où la brise souffle, légère, là je voudrais être. Vers la forêt rêveuse la force de l'amour me pousse, intolérable peine. Ah! mais rien ne me ferait partir d'ici si je pouvais être éternellement près de toi, ma bien-aimée!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2003 by Angelika Frenzel, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Alois (Isidor) Jeitteles (1794 - 1858)
This text was added to the website: 2005-01-17
Line count: 17
Word count: 86