Forest soughing, forest breeze

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by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Waldesrauschen, Waldeswind

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Waldesrauschen, Waldeswind,
Wie so fromm, so süß und lind!
O nun wund're ich mich nit,
Daß es blüht bei jedem Schritt! 
Waldesrosen, Waldesglocken,
Während alle Vögel locken.
Hätt' doch jede Seele lind
Waldesrauschen, Waldeswind!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Haideröslein. Ein Liederstrauß, Würzburg: Leo Wörl'sche Buch-, Kunst- und Verlagshandlung, 1870, page 11.

Text Authorship:

by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Haideröslein ; Ein Liederstrauß, in 1. Naturklänge, in Waldlieder, no. 2 [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 or Caspar) Joseph Brambach (1833 - 1902), "Waldesrauschen", op. 63 (Drei Lieder für Männerchor) no. 3, published 1889 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Licht & Meyer [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Waldesrauschen, Waldeswind", op. 62 (Die Jahreszeiten. Zwölf dreistimmige Chorgesänge für zwei Sopran und Alt ohne Begleitung. (Zweite Folge.) Zum Gebrauche in höheren Schulen u. Gesangvereinen.) no. 5, published 1886 [ ssa chorus ], Leipzig: Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2026, (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: 2018-06-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

Forest soughing, forest breeze

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Forest soughing, forest breeze,
How so devout, so sweet and gentle!
Oh, I do not wonder now
That something is blooming here at every step I take!
Forest roses, forest bells,
The while all the birds are wooing [with their calls].
If only every gentle soul had
Forest soughing, forest breeze!

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Translations of titles:
"Waldesrauschen" = "Forest soughing"
"Waldesrauschen, Waldeswind" = "Forest soughing, forest breeze"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Haideröslein ; Ein Liederstrauß, in 1. Naturklänge, in Waldlieder, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2026-01-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 51