A wind sweeps through the woods

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es geht ein Wehen durch den Wald

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Es geht ein Wehen durch den Wald,
Die Windsbraut hör' ich singen.
Sie singt von einem Buhlen gut
Und bis sie dem in Armen ruht,
Muß sie noch weit in bangem Muth
Sich durch die Lande schwingen.

Der Sang der klingt so schauerlich,
Der klingt so wild, so trübe.
Das heiße Sehnen ist erwacht;
Mein Schatz, zu tausend gute Nacht!
Es kommt der Tag, eh du's gedacht,
Der eint getreue Liebe!

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Note: this is the conclusion of the poem later titled "Windsbraut" in collections. It begins here.

Confirmed with [Paul Heyse], Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker, Königl. Hofbuchhändler, 1850, page 186.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Fedelint und Funzifudelchen, first published 1850 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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A wind sweeps through the woods

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A wind sweeps through the woods,
I hear the whirlwind singing.
She sings of a true lover
And until she rests in his arms,
She must yet, with anxious spirit,
Surge far through the lands.

The singing, it rings out so spookily,
It rings out so wildly, so drearily.
Fervent yearning is awakened;
My darling, a thousand good nights to you!
The day shall come before you know it,
The day that shall unite true love!

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Translations of title(s):
"Es geht ein Wehen" = "A wind sweeps"
"Es geht ein Wehen durch den Wald" = "A wind sweeps through the woods"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Fedelint und Funzifudelchen, first published 1850
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-08
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