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Ach, ihr Wälder! dunkle Wälder! Dunkle Miletiner Wälder! -- Möcht' wohl wissen, was ihr Sommers, Winters immer gleich ergrünet?! Möchte gern nicht länger weinen Und mein Herz nicht länger quälen -- Aber sagt, ihr guten Leute, Wer sollt' weinen nicht, verlassen? Sagt, wo weilt mein edler Vater? Weh! er liegt vom Feind erschlagen! Wo ist meine gute Mutter? Über ihrem Haupt blüh'n Blumen! Hab' nicht Brüder! hab' nicht Schwestern, In der Fremde ist mein Liebling! Mehr, als Vater und als Mutter Liebte ich den theuren Jüngling! Ach, ihr Wälder! dunkle Wälder! Dunkle Miletiner Wälder! -- Möcht' wohl wissen, was ihr Sommers, Winters immer gleich ergrünet?!
Confirmed with Heimgarten, Heft 1, II. Jahrgang (Oktober 1877), page 65.
Text Authorship:
- by Peter Rosegger (1843 - 1918), "Die Verlassene", first published 1878 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Slovak (Slovenčina) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Adalbert von Goldschmidt.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) , "Die Verlassene" ; composed by Robert Franz, Hermann Wichmann.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The forsaken one", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-11-07
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Word count: 102
Ah, ye forests, dark forests, Dark Miletian forests! -- Gladly would I know why you remain Exactly as green in summer as in winter?! Gladly would I no longer weep And no longer torment my heart But, good people, tell me Who would not weep, thus forsaken? Tell me, where is my noble father? Woe! he lies slain by the enemy! Where is my good mother? Above her head flowers bloom! I have no brothers, have no sisters, My darling is in a foreign land! More than [I loved] father and mother I loved the dear lad! Ah, ye forests, dark forests, Dark Miletian forests! -- Gladly would I know why you remain Exactly as green in summer as in winter?!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Peter Rosegger (1843 - 1918), "Die Verlassene", first published 1878
Based on:
- a text in Slovak (Slovenčina) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2020-08-06
Line count: 20
Word count: 119