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Sechs Lieder , opus 60

by Friedrich Siebmann

1. Dein Bildniss wunderselig  [sung text not yet checked]

Dein Bildnis wunderselig
Hab ich im Herzensgrund,
Das sieht so frisch und fröhlich
Mich an zu jeder Stund'.

Mein Herz still in sich singet
Ein altes schönes Lied,
Das in die Luft sich schwinget
Und zu dir eilig zieht.

Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Intermezzo", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Intermezzo (Jouw beelt'nis)", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Intermezzo", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "אינטרמצו", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ICE Icelandic (Íslenska) (Stefán Sigurjónsson) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Intermezzo", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Intermezzo", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Intermezzo", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "Intermedio", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

2. Mignon's Lied  [sung text not yet checked]

Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
Weiß, was ich leide!
Allein und abgetrennt
Von aller Freude
[Seh]1 ich an's Firmament
Nach [jener]2 Seite.
[Ach, der]3 mich liebt [und kennt]4,
Ist in der Weite.
Es [schwindelt]5 mir, es brennt
Mein Eingeweide.
Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
Weiß, was ich leide!

Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mignon", written 1785, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jan Evangelista Nečas) , "Táž"
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Slechts wie de hunk'ring kent", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (David Paley) , "Only my yearning shows", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Solo chi conosce la nostalgia", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POR Portuguese (Português) (Ana Vargas) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Mercedes Vivas) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • TUR Turkish (Türkçe) (Gül Sabar) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Zweyter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 118; and with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Neunzehnter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1828, page 67.

First published in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. Ein Roman. Herausgegeben von Goethe. Zweyter Band. Berlin. Bei Johann Friedrich Unger. 1795, pages 265-266. The poem appears in Book 4, Chapter 11 of Goethe's novel.

1 Schubert (D. 310, first version): "Blick"
2 Lang: "jeder"
3 Goethe (only in the novel, not in editions of the poems): "Ach! der"; Zelter: "Ach, die"
4 omitted by Zeisl.
5 Goethe (only in editions of the novel later than 1815, not in editions of the poems): "schwindet"

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Lawrence Snyder , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

3. Es war einmal ein König  [sung text not yet checked]

Es war einmal ein König,
Der hatt' einen [großen Floh,]1
Den liebt' er gar nicht wenig,
[Als]2 wie seinen eig'nen Sohn.
Da rief er seinen Schneider,
Der Schneider kam heran;
["Da, miß dem Junker Kleider
Und miß ihm Hosen an!"]3

In Sammet und in Seide
War er [nun]4 angetan,
Hatte Bänder auf dem Kleide,
Hatt' auch ein Kreuz daran,
Und war [sogleich]5 Minister,
Und hatt einen großen Stern.
Da wurden seine Geschwister
Bei Hof auch große Herrn.

Und Herrn und Frau'n am Hofe,
Die waren sehr geplagt,
Die Königin und die Zofe
Gestochen und [genagt,]6
Und durften [sie nicht knicken,]7
Und [weg sie]8 jucken nicht.
Wir [knicken]9 und ersticken
Doch gleich, wenn einer sticht.10

Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "There once was a king", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Angelika Frenzel) , "Chanson de la puce", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canzone della Pulce", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1 Walter: "Skorpion"
2 Walter: "Fast"
3 Walter: "Und maß dem Junker Kleider / Und ein paar Höschen an."
4 Walter: "bald"
5 Walter: "zugleich"
6 Walter: "zernagt"
7 Walter: "doch nicht zwicken"
8 Walter: "auch sich"
9 Walter: "drücken"
10 Here Röntgen has the chorus sing the following (the last two lines come from later in the same scene):
Wir knicken und ersticken
Doch gleich wenn einer sticht.
Uns ist ganz kannibalisch wohl,
Als wie fünfhundert Säuen!

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

4. Es blies ein Jäger wohl in sein Horn  [sung text not yet checked]

Es blies ein Jäger wohl in sein Horn,
Wohl in sein Horn,
Und alles was er blies das war verlorn.
Hop sa sa sa,
Dra ra ra ra,
Und alles was er blies das war verlorn. 

Soll denn mein Blasen verloren sein?
Verloren sein?
Ich wollte lieber kein Jäger sein.
Hop sa sa sa, etc.

Er zog sein Netz wohl über den Strauch,
Wohl über den Strauch,
Sprang ein schwarzbraunes Mädel heraus.
Hop sa sa sa, etc.

"Schwarzbraunes Mädel entspringe mir nicht,
Entspringe mir nicht,
Hab' große Hunde die holen dich."
Hop sa sa sa, etc.

"Deine großen Hunde die holen mich nicht,
Die holen mich nicht,
Sie wissen meine hohe weite Sprünge noch nicht."
Hop sa sa sa, etc.

"Deine hohe Sprünge die wissen sie wohl,
Die wissen sie wohl,
Sie wissen, daß du heute noch sterben sollst."
Hop sa sa sa, etc.

"Sterbe ich nun, so bin ich tot,
So bin ich tot,
Begräbt man mich unter die Röslein rot."
Hop sa sa sa, etc.

"Wohl unter die Röslein, wohl unter den Klee,
Wohl unter den Klee,
Darunter verderb ich nimmermehr."
Hop sa sa sa, etc.

Es wuchsen drei Lilien auf ihrem Grab,
Auf ihrem Grab,
Die wollte ein Reuter wohl brechen ab.
Hop sa sa sa, etc.

Ach Reuter, laß die drei Lilien stahn,
Die Lilien stahn,
Es soll sie ein junger frischer Jäger han.
Hop sa sa sa, etc.

Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Die schwarzbraune Hexe", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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5. Wanderers Nachtlied  [sung text not yet checked]

Über allen [Gipfeln]1
Ist Ruh',
In allen Wipfeln
Spürest du
Kaum einen Hauch;
Die [Vögelein]2 schweigen im Walde.
Warte nur, balde
Ruhest du auch.

Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), title 1: "Ein gleiches", title 2: "Wandrers Nachtlied", subtitle: "Ein gleiches", written 1780, first published 1815 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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  • AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Karel Dostál-Lutinov) , "Počkej", first published 1917
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Wim Reedijk) , "Boven alle bergen", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Trekkers nachtlied II", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Over all the peaks it is peaceful", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "The wanderer's night-song", appears in The Poems of Goethe, first published 1853
  • ENG English [singable] (Arthur Westbrook) , "Wanderer's night song"
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Yölaulu", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chant de nuit du voyageur II", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au sommet de tous les pics", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sopra ogni vetta", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canto notturno del viandante I", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • RUS Russian (Русский) (Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky) , no title
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Mercedes Vivas) , "Sobre todas las cumbres", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109; and with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1815, page 99.

Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the capitalized word "über" becomes "Ueber", but this is often due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, since the lower-case version is not "ueber", so we use "Über".

1 Flügel, Gaugler, Hasse, Radecke: "Wipfeln" (according to the incipits given in Hofmeister) ; further changes may exist not noted above. Lachner: Both "Gipfeln" and "Wipfeln."
2 Schubert: "Vöglein"
See also J.D. Falk's poem Unter allen Wipfeln ist Ruh.

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

6. Ich wandle unter Blumen  [sung text not yet checked]

Ich wandle unter Blumen
Und blühe selber mit,
Ich wandle wie im Traume
Und schwanke bei jedem Schritt.
 
O halt mich fest, Geliebte!
Vor Liebestrunkenheit
Fall' ich dir sonst zu Füßen
Und der Garten ist voller Leut!

Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 22 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I wander among the flowers", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Je me promenais parmi les fleurs", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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