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[Soweit]1 die Thale in Frühlingsruh', Die Quellen rauschen und fließen; O Bergesrast, wie süß bist du, Wenn rings die Blumen sprießen. Und ist es dir zu eng im Thal, Und thun so weh die Schmerzen, Komm' auf die Höh'n im Morgenstrahl Und höre die Vögel scherzen! Die Welt ist fern, verstummt ihr Laut Hier auf den hohen Bergen; Du siehst nur, wie der Himmel blaut, Du hörst nur Klang der Lerchen.
Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, pages 29-30.
1 Attenhofer: "So weit"; further changes may exist not noted above.Text Authorship:
- by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Auf den Bergen", appears in Waldblumen, in 1. Naturstimmen [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 Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Auf den Bergen", op. 21 (Zehn Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 5, published 1877 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Upon the mountains", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2020-12-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 73
How expansive are the valleys in springtime's peace, The water-springs murmur and flow; Oh mountain rest, how sweet you are When the flowers sprout all around. And if you feel too confined in the valley, And if your sorrows pain you so, Come up to the heights in the morning sunbeams And listen to the birds jesting! The world is far away, its sounds have fallen mute Up here upon the high mountains; You see only how blue is the sky, You hear only the musical sound of the larks.
Translator’s note to the first line: There is a difference between "soweit" and "so weit"; however, the former proved to be difficult to translate in the absence of a verb, so the first line is translated using the composer's words "so weit."
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Auf den Bergen", appears in Waldblumen, in 1. Naturstimmen [3rd edition]
This text was added to the website: 2020-12-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 91