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by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Mir ist so wohl, so weh
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE ITA
Mir ist so wohl, so weh
Am stillen Erlafsee.
Heilig Schweigen
In Fichtenzweigen.
Regungslos
Der dunkle Schooß;
Nur der Wolken Schatten flieh'n
Überm glatten Spiegel hin.

Feenbild, was willst du mir,
So umschwebst du mich auch hier?
Weiche aus dem Land der Hirten.
Hier gedeihen keine Myrthen;
Schilfgras nur und Tannenwucht
Kränzen diese stille Bucht.

Frische Winde
Kräuseln linde
Das Gewässer;
Und der Sonne
Güldne Krone
Flimmert blässer.

Ach, weine nicht, du süßes Bild!
Der Wellendrang ist bald gestillt,
Und glatter See, und Lüfte lau,
Erheitern dich, du Wunderfrau.

Des Sees Rand
Umschlingt ein Band,
Aus lichtem Grün gewunden:
Es ist der Fluß,
der treiben muß
Die Sägemühlen unten.

Unwillig krümmt er sich am Steg
Von seiner schönen Mutter weg,
Und fließt zu fernen Gründen.
Wirst, Liebe! auch mit holder Hand,
Des Sängers ernstes Felsenland,
Mit Blüthenroth umwinden?

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Schubert 

F. Schubert sets stanzas 1, 3

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, pages 94-95; and with Mahlerisches Taschenbuch für Freunde interessanter Gegenden Natur- und Kunst Merkwürdigkeiten der Österreichischen Monarchie. Sechster Jahrgang. Wien, 1818. Im Verlage bey Anton Doll, pages 185-186. Note: the original title was "Erlafsee"; later anthologies gave the poem the title "Am Erlaf-See".


Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), title 1: "Erlafsee", title 2: "Am Erlaf-See" [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Erlafsee", op. 8 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, D 586 (1817), published 1818, stanzas 1,3 [ voice, piano ], as musical supplement in Mahlerisches Taschenbuch [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Am Erlaf-See", op. 95 no. 7 (2016) [ mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello or viola ], from Jahrgänger-Mosaik, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El llac Erlaf", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Erlafmeer", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Lake Erlaf", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Erlafsee", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Lake Erlaf", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le lac Erlaf", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il lago Erlaf", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 145

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