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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ich hört ein Sichlein rauschen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
  Ich hört ein Sichlein rauschen,
Wohl rauschen durch das Korn;
Ich hört ein Mägdlein klagen,
Sie hätt ihr Lieb verlorn.
 
  Laß rauschen, Lieb, laß rauschen!
Ich acht nicht, wie es geh;
Ich thät mein Lieb vertauschen
In Veilchen und im Klee.
 
  Du hast ein Mägdlein worben
In Veilchen und im Klee:
So steh ich hier alleine;
Thut meinem Herzen weh.
 
  Ich hör ein Hirschlein rauschen,
Wohl rauschen durch den Wald;
Ich hör mein Lieb sich klagen:
Die Lieb verrauscht so bald.
 
  Laß rauschen. Lieb, laß rauschen!
Ich weiß nicht, wie mir wird;
Die Bächlein immer rauschen,
Und keines sich verirrt.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   J. Brahms •   W. Heinemann  

J. Brahms sets stanzas 1-3
W. Heinemann sets stanzas 1-3

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Confirmed with Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Alte deutsche Lieder gesammelt von Ludw. Achim von Arnim und Clemens Brentano,, Erster Theil, mit Einleitung und Anmerkungen von Robert Boxberger, Berlin: Gustav Hempel, [1880], pages 491-492.

Part of this text is used in Mengelberg's Erinnerung beim Wein.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) ( 16th century ) , "Laß rauschen, Lieb, laß rauschen", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2004-06-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 108

I heard 1 a little sickle...
NOTE: the footnotes have been removed from this text; return to general view
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
I heard 1 a little sickle swooshing,
A-swooshing through the wheat;
I heard a maiden lamenting
That she had lost her love.

  Let it swoosh, Love, let it swoosh!
I pay no attention however it may go;
In violets and in clover,
I exchanged my love.

  You have wooed a maiden
In the violets and in the clover:
I stand here thus alone;
It makes my heart sore.

  I hear a little deer rushing,
A-rushing though the woods;
I hear my love lamenting:
Love rushes away so quickly.

  Let it rush, Love, let it rush!
I know not how I feel;
The brooklets rush always,
And not one of them gets lost.

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Translations of title(s):
"Altes Volkslied" = "Old folk-song"
"Das Sichlein" = "The little sickle"
"Die Lieb' vertauscht so bald" = "Love so quickly exchanges"
"Ich hörte ein Sichlein rauschen" = "I heard a little sickle swooshing"
"Ich hört ein Sichlein rauschen" = "I heard a little sickle swooshing"
"Klage und Trost" = "Lament and comfort"
"Lass rauschen" = "Lament and comfort"
"Laß rauschen, Lieb, laß rauschen" = "Let it swoosh, Love, let it swoosh"
"Volkslied" = "Folk-song"


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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 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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  • a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Laß rauschen, Lieb, laß rauschen", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn
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This text was added to the website: 2022-09-12
Line count: 20
Word count: 117

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