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Unter einem grünen Baum Hatt' ich einen schönen Traum Wohl bei einem rauschenden Brunnen. Der Brunnenquell, [bei dem]1 ich schlief, Läuft noch so schnell, als einst er lief, Und [plaudert]2 viel mit mir. Wann, o süßes Mägdelein, Werd' ich wieder bei dir sein Wohl bei einem rauschenden Brunnen? Bei diesem hier, bei jenem dort, Zu jeder Stund', an jedem Ort, Nur einmal noch bei dir!
Confirmed with Martin Greif's Gesammelte Werke. Erster Band. Gedichte, Sechste, reich vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig, C. F. Amelangs Verlag, 1895, pages 40-41 (shown above); and confirmed with Gedichte von Martin Greif, Dritte durchgesehene und stark vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart, Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1883, page 54 (see footnote 1).
1 Greif (1883 edition), Umlauft, and probably Hornstein: "wobei"2 Haile: "plauderte"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif, "Am Brunnen", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder [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 Eugen Haile (1873 - 1933), "Am Brunnen" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert von Hornstein (1833 - 1890), "Am Brunnen", op. 38 (6 Lieder) no. 5, published 1870 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Am Brunnen", op. 20 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Kögel , "Am Brunnen", op. 5 (Zwölf Gedichte von Martin Greif für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 10, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Am Brunnen", op. 22 no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz: C.A. Klemm [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At the well", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-03-05
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Word count: 67
Under a green tree I dreamed a beautiful dream Beside a rushing well. The well-spring beside which I slept Still flows as quickly as it once did, And [chatters]1 with me a lot. When, oh sweet maiden, Shall I be with you once more Beside a rushing well? Be it this one here, or that one there, At any hour, in any place, Only once more to be with you!
1 Haile: "chattered"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif, "Am Brunnen", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder
This text was added to the website: 2022-06-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 71