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Wohl ist im Busch und Rasen Kein Plätzchen so still und klein, Wo nicht zusammen wir sassen, -- Ich sitze jetzt hier allein; Wohl haben wir Kränze gewunden, Wohl manchen duftigen Strauss Aus Blumen des Walds gebunden, -- Dies Alles, Alles ist aus; Die Blätter sie sind gefallen, Die Blumen sie sind verdorrt, Sie war die Schönste von Allen, Sie hielt nicht Treue, nicht Wort; Ihr Nam' in die Birke geschnitten Verwittert im Windeswehn, Doch was ich gekämpft und gelitten, Das will nicht und kann nicht vergehn.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Rheinische Musik-Zeitung für Kunstfreunde und Künstler, 1. Jahrgang, Nro. 39 (29. März 1851), page 311
Text Authorship:
- by Gustav Pfarrius (1800 - 1884), "Sie war die Schönste von Allen" [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 August Horn (1825 - 1893), "Sie war die Schönste von Allen", op. 49, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Gustav Jansen (1831 - 1910), "Sie war die Schönste von Allen", published 1873 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Sie war die Schönste von Allen", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Jakob Nater (1826 - 1906), "Sie war die Schönste von Allen", op. 5 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 1, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Zürich, Fries [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Wohl ist in Busch und Rasen", op. 39 (Vier Lieder für Bass) no. 3, published 1857 [ bass and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Siebmann , "Wohl war in Busch und Rasen", op. 45 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor) no. 3, published 1864 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. Vagedes , "Sie war die Schönste von Allen", published 1869 [ low voice and piano? ], from Waldlieder für tiefere Stimme , no. 8, Köln, Schloss [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-07-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 85
In bush and lawn there is likely No spot, so quiet and small, Where we did not sit together, -- Now I sit here alone; Indeed we wove wreaths, Many a scented bouquet Of the flowers of the forest, -- That all, all is over; The leaves, they have fallen, The flowers, they are withered, She was the most beautiful one of all, She did not keep faith, did not keep her word; Her name, carved into the birch tree, Becomes weather-worn in the blowing of the wind, But that for which I battled and that which I suffered, That does not wish to and cannot pass away.
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"Wohl war in Busch und Rasen" = "In bush and lawn there was likely"
"Sie war die Schönste von Allen" = "She was the most beautiful one of all"
"Wohl ist in Busch und Rasen" = "In bush and lawn there is likely"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gustav Pfarrius (1800 - 1884), "Sie war die Schönste von Allen"
This text was added to the website: 2017-05-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 106