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by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827)

Wenn auf dem höchsten Fels ich steh'
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI DUT ENG FRE FRE ITA NOR SPA
Wenn auf dem höchsten Fels ich steh',
In's tiefe Thal hernieder seh'
Und singe,

Fern aus dem tiefen dunkeln Thal
Schwingt sich empor der Wiederhall
Der Klüfte.

Je weiter meine Stimme dringt,
Je heller sie mir wiederklingt
Von unten.

Mein Liebchen wohnt so [fern]1 von mir,
Drum sehn' ich mich so heiß nach ihr
Hinüber!

Viel steile Berge vor mir stehn,
Die Flüsse schäumend sich ergehn
Im Thale.

Der Aar sich in die Wolken schwingt,
Die Gemse [durch]2 die Klüfte springt
Hinüber!

Die Wolken ruhen auf der Höh',
Und durch die Nebel glänzt der Schnee
Der Gipfel.

Je stolzer mir mein Mädchen thut,
Je höher steigt empor mein Muth
In Liebe.

Ein Glöckchen klingt im stillen Thal,
Die Essen rauchen überall
Im Dorfe.

Ach, [Mädchen, Mädchen]3, nimm mich bald!
Es ist so öd', es ist so kalt
Hier oben.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Banck •   J. Bürde •   F. Schubert 

J. Bürde sets stanzas 1-6
C. Banck sets stanzas 1-2, 4, 10
F. Schubert sets stanzas 1-4

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Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Zweites Bändchen. Deßau 1824. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 111-112; and with Urania. Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1822. Neue Folge, vierter Jahrgang. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1822, pages 419-420.

First published in Urania (see above) as the second poem of Ländliche Lieder, with each two consecutive stanzas combined into one with six lines.

1 Schubert: "weit"
2 Müller (Urania): "über"
3 Banck: "süßes Liebchen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Der Berghirt", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Ländliche Lieder, first published 1822 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Vom Berge", op. 2 no. 4, published 1835, stanzas 1-2,4,10 [ voice and piano ], from Getrennte Liebe, no. 4, Leipzig: C.F. Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jeannette Antonie Bürde, née Milder (c1799 - 1875), "Der Berghirt", stanzas 1-6 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Der Berghirt", op. 80, Heft 1 (Sechs ländliche Lieder von W Müller für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, KWV 9115 no. 1, published 1831 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Probst [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Hirt auf dem Felsen", D 965 (1828), published 1830 [ voice, piano, clarinet ], note: the title in Catalan : "El pastor damunt la roca"; Dutch: "De herder op de rots" ; English: "The shepherd on the rock"; French: "Le pâtre sur le rocher", Norwegian: "Gjeteren på klippen", Spanish: "El pastor en la roca"
    • View the full text. [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "The mountain shepherd", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Covadonga González Bernardo) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-07
Line count: 30
Word count: 143

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