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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.

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


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This text was added to the website: 2026-03-24
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Der Hirt
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Swedish (Svenska) 
Mag ich im Wald einsam auch geh'n,
seh ich doch stets dich vor mir stehn.
Tönt dir mein Horn an das lauschende Ohr,
trägt es mein Sehnen, mein Leiden dir vor.

Klagend und bang ruft es dir zu:
Mein einzig Gut, Liebchen, bist du!
Komm, daß dein Lächeln den Gram mir zerstreut,
von dir geschieden, vergeh ich vor Leid.

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


Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2011-03-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 59