by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Da droben auf jenem Berge
Language: German (Deutsch)
Da droben auf jenem Berge, Da steh' ich tausendmal, An meinem Stabe [gebogen]1 Und [schaue]2 hinab in das Thal. Dann folg' ich der weidenden Herde, Mein Hündchen bewahret mir sie. Ich bin herunter gekommen Und weiß doch selber nicht wie. Da [stehet]3 von schönen Blumen [Die]4 ganze Wiese so voll. Ich breche sie, ohne zu wissen, Wem ich sie geben soll. Und Regen, Sturm und Gewitter [Verpass']5 ich unter dem Baum. Die Thüre dort bleibet verschlossen; [Doch]6 alles ist leider ein Traum. Es stehet ein Regenbogen Wohl über jenem Haus! Sie aber ist [weggezogen]7, [Und weit]8 in das Land hinaus. Hinaus in das Land und weiter, Vielleicht gar über die See. Vorüber, ihr Schafe, [vorüber]9! Dem Schäfer ist gar so weh.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, pages 94-95, and with Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1804, Herausgegeben von Wieland und Goethe, Tübingen, in der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, pages 113-114.
1 Schubert: "hingebogen"; Zelter: "bogen"2 Schubert (only second version): "sehe"
3 Schubert (only second version): "steht"
4 Schubert: "Da steht die"
5 Zelter: "Vergeß'"
6 Schubert (only second version): "Und"
7 Schubert: "fortgezogen"; Zelter: "weg gezogen"
8 Schubert (only second version): "Gar weit"; Naumann: "Weit"
9 Schubert: "nur vorüber"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Schäfers Klagelied", written 1801, first published 1804 [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 Johann Anton André (1775 - 1842), "Schäfers Klagelied", c1818 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Andreas Anschütz (1772 - 1855?), "Schäfers Klagelied", 1813, published 1849 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Friedrich Alexander, Graf von Blankensee (d. 1867), "Schäfers Klage" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Danzi (1763 - 1826), "Schäfers Klagelied", P 177 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775 - 1864), "Schäfers Klagelied", 1811 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Ehlers (1774 - 1845), "Schäfers Klagelied", c1812 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Fink (1831 - 1911), "Schäfers Klagelied", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3, published 1857 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Schäfers Klagelied" [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Harder (1775 - 1813), "Schäfers Klage", op. 8 (Gesänge mit Begleitung der Guitarre) no. 5 (1805) [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Harder (1775 - 1813), "Schäfers Klage" [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Ferdinand Häser (1779 - 1844), "Schäfers Klage", 1819 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Schäfers Klagelied", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder im Volkston, für mittlere Stimme ) no. 4, published 1864 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz von Holstein (1826 - 1878), "Wie stehet von schönen Blumen", op. 48 (Acht Lieder für zwei und drei Singstimmen (ohne Begleitung)) no. 1, published 1882 [ duet for soprano and tenor ], note: may be incorrect text for this title; sung text probably begins with stanza 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Hünten (1793 - 1878), "Schäfers Klagelied", published 1838 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Jansen [not F. G. Jansen] , "Schäfers Klagelied", published 1863 [ voice and piano ], from Musikalisches Göthe-Album. Eine Sammlung Göthescher Lieder, no. 1, Berlin, Mendel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Christoph Kienlen (1783 - 1829), "Schäfers Klagelied", published 1810, from Zwölf Lieder von Goethe, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793 - 1832), "Schäfers Klagelied", published c1820 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793 - 1832), "Schäfers Klagelied", op. 41 (Vier Gedichte von Goethe) no. 2, published 1832 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Linsén (1838 - 1914), "Schäfers Klagelied", published 1862 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus (1827 - 1896), "Schäfers Klagelied", op. 18 ([Neun] Lieder und Gesänge von Göthe), Heft 1 no. 5, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Naumann (1827 - 1888), "Schäfers Klagelied", op. 29a (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock; note: this opus was reused for another piece by another publishing company in April 1866 so we have used an 'a' beside the opus to distinguish them [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sigismund von Neukomm (1778 - 1858), "Schäfers Klagelied" [ voice and piano ], Hamburg: Bey Joh: Aug: Böhme [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Ohliger , "Schäfers Klagelied ", op. 12 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 3, published 1891 [ men's chorus ], Berlin, Thelen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Otto (1809 - 1842), "Schäfers Klagelied", op. 10 (6 Lieder und Romanzen für Mezzo-Sopran oder Alt) no. 2, published 1832 [ mezzo-soprano or alto and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luise Reichardt (1779 - 1826), "Schäfers Klagelied", 1803 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Schäfers Klagelied", published 1805-6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Schäfers Klagelied", op. 3 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, D 121 (1814), published 1821, first performed 1819 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Karl) August Schuster (1807 - 1877), "Schäfers Klagelied", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder für vier Männerstimmen ohne Begleitung ) no. 4, published 1831 [ vocal quartet of male voices a cappella ], Leipzig, Probst [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750 - 1817), "Klagelied eines Schäfers" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, 10te Sammlung, no. 5, Leipzig: Bei Ambrosius Kühnel, No. 341 (Bureau de Musique) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gottlieb Streitwolf (1779 - 1837), "Schäfers Klagelied" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Schäfers Klagelied", op. 56 (Gedichte von Goethe: IV) no. 1 (1815?) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Schäfers Klagelied", 1802 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Zenger (1837 - 1911), "Schäfers Klagelied", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 6 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Bayard Taylor (1825 - 1878) , "Shepherd's Lament" ; composed by Adolph Martin Foerster.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Klaaglied van de herder", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "High upon that mountain", copyright ©
- ENG English (Leon Malinofsky) , "Shepherd's lament", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Complainte du berger", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Su quella montagna lassù", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Elegia del pastore", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Elena Kalinina) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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