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Ich saß im Grünen, Am klaren Bach Und blickte träumend Den Wellen nach. Und Blumen schauten So [tief]1 hinein: Wie muß es selig Dort unten sein! Und Strahlen glänzten Durch Wipfelgrün, Ich sah am Himmel Die Wölkchen ziehn. Sie zogen freundlich Im Sonnenschein: Wie muß es selig Dort oben sein! Da stand [er]2 vor mir So morgenschön! Kaum wagt' ich bebend [Ihn]2 anzusehn. [Sein]3 Auge strahlte So tief und rein: -- Wie könnt' ich selig Auf Erden sein!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Ludwig Rellstab, Gesammelte Schriften, Neue Ausgabe, Zwölfter Band, Gedichte, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1860, pages 78-79.
1 Merxhausen (Decker): "lieb"2 Merxhausen (Decker) gives the option: "sie"
3 Merxhausen (Decker) gives the option: "ihr"
Text Authorship:
- by Ludwig Rellstab (1799 - 1860), "Bewußtsein" [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 Pauline von Decker (1811 - 1882), as Paul Friedrich Merxhausen, "Ich sass im Grünen", published 1865? [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 1, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Müller [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Gottlieb Erfurt (1807 - 1856), "Bewußtsein", op. 26 no. 4, published 1833 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder-Kränzchen, no. 4, Leipzig, Friese [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Krause (1834 - 1907), "Am Bache", op. 34 (Vier Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Lied", op. 19 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge für eine Sopran- oder Tenorstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Bewusstsein", published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Mechetti [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Bewusstsein", op. 30 no. 3, published 1830 [ voice, violoncello or horn, and piano ], from [Drei] Lieder von Rellstab für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, Violoncelle (oder Horn), no. 3, Wien, Pietro Mechetti [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Das Mädchen am Bache", op. 11 (Fünf Gesänge für Alto oder Bariton) no. 4, published 1863 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Hannover, Nagel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Machts (1846 - 1903), "Selig", op. 24 (Compositionen für Männerchor), Heft 1 (Drei Lieder für Männerchor) no. 3, published 1874 [ men's chorus ], Bielefeld, Sulzer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl, Graf Nostitz , "Am Bache", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Fünfzig Lieder, no. 50, Prag, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Das Mädchen am Bache", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1844/5) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Ich saß im Grünen", op. 84 (Sechs Gesänge und Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1833 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Dresden, Meser [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Bewußtsein", op. 9 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 4, published 1832 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2010-03-01
Line count: 24
Word count: 82
I sat in the greenery By the clear brook And my gaze dreamily Followed the waves. And flowers gazed So [deep]1 into the water: How blissful it must be Down there! And sunbeams sparkled Through the green of the treetops, Upon the heavens I saw The clouds scudding. They moved amiably In the sunshine: How blissful it must be Up there! Then [he]2 stood before me, As beautiful as the morning! Trembling, I hardly dared To look at [him]3. [His]4 eyes shone So deeply and purely: -- How blissfully happy I could be Upon earth!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Am Bache" = "At the brook"
"Bewußtsein" = "Awareness"
"Das Mädchen am Bache" = "The maiden at the brook"
"Ich sass im Grünen" = "I sat in the greenery"
"Lied" = "Song"
"Selig" = "Blissful"
2 Merxhausen (von Decker) gives the option: "she"
3 Merxhausen (von Decker) gives the option: "her"
4 Merxhausen (von Decker) gives the option: "Her"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ludwig Rellstab (1799 - 1860), "Bewußtsein"
This text was added to the website: 2024-02-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 100