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by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890)

Frisches Bächlein, aus den Steinen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Frisches Bächlein, aus den Steinen
Stürzest schäumend du zu Thal,
Deine mächt'gen, deine kleinen
Wellen grüß ich tausendmal!

  Wie ein Kinderauge blauend,
Hell und klar wie Kindesherz
Fließest du, zum Himmel schauend,
Durch die Dornen, durch den Schmerz.

  Frisches Bächlein, lustig schäumend,
Voller Jubel, voller Scherz,
Sinnig, lieblich fließend, träumend,
Wahre dir das junge Herz!

  Laß die großen Ströme brausen,
Neide nicht die stolze Flut!
In der Wälder grünen Klausen,
O da horst sich's gar zu gut!

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Confirmed with Wintergarten: Novellen und Wanderbilder nebst einer lyrische Nachlass, Frankfurt am Main: G. J. Hamacher, 1874, page 159. Appears in Gedichte. Modernized German would change "Thal" to "Tal.

Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, page 30-31.


Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Gebirgsbach", appears in Wintergarten: Novellen und Wanderbilder nebst einer lyrischen Nachlese, in Gedichte, appears in Waldblumen, in 1. Naturstimmen [3rd edition] [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 Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Der Gebirgsbach", op. 131 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3 (1882) [ SSAA chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-02-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 77

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