Der Hirt: Schwedisches Lied | Bin ich im Wald ferne von dir

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Herdgegossen

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: ENG

Fjerran i skog, 
Langt från dig skild, 
Klar för min själ,
Strålar din bild. 
Hornet min klagan till dig för: 
gerna ack! gerna för dig jag dör.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 Isak Albert Berg (1803 - 1886), "Herdgegossen", also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Isak Albert Berg.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Hermann Voigt.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Jim Reilly) , "The Herdsman's Song", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Jim Reilly

This text was added to the website: 2026-03-24
Line count: 6
Word count: 27

Der Hirt: Schwedisches Lied

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Swedish (Svenska)

Bin ich im Wald ferne von dir
ist doch dein Bild ewig bei mir!
Hörst du mein Horn? es erschallt so weit,
bringt dir mein Leben, klagt dir mein Leid:
Hörst du mein Horn? es klingt so trüb!
Hab' dich, mein Herz, so innig lieb!
O komm zu mir und beselige mich!
Bleibst du mir ferne, sterb' ich um dich!

Note: the number of lines is different from the original due to repetitions.

Text Authorship:

Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
- Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Isak Albert Berg (1803 - 1886), "Der Hirt: Schwedisches Lied" [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Simon, also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2007-12-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 60