Randonnée | Le daphné fleurit dans la forêt

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by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Im Walde blüht der Seidelbast

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Im Walde blüht der Seidelbast,
Im Graben liegt noch Schnee;
Das du mir heut' geschrieben hast,
Das Brieflein tat mir weh.

Jetzt schneid' ich einen Stab im Holz;
Ich weiß ein ander Land,
Da sind die Jungfern nicht so stolz
Dem Lieben abgewandt.

Im Walde blüht der Seidelbast,
Kein Brieflein tut mir weh,
Und das du mir geschrieben hast,
Schwimmt draußen auf dem See, 
Schwimmt draußen auf dem Bodensee, 
Ja draußen auf dem See.

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• H. Brugk • F. Frommlet • W. Hess • O. Löffler • F. Steiner

F. Steiner sets lines 1-4, 9-12

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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 143.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Wanderschaft", written 1908, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911 [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 Franz Bauer , "Wanderschaft", 1943-8 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Biebl (1906 - 2001), "Wanderschaft", published 1979 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Wanderschaft - Kleine Wanderlieder-Folge, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Laci Boldemann (1921 - 1969), "Wanderschaft", op. 9 no. 1, published 1951 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Cesar Bresgen (1913 - 1988), "Wanderschaft", published 1959 [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Melchior Brugk (1909 - 1999), "Wanderschaft", published 1960 [ four-part men's chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Heinrich Döhler , "Wanderschaft" [ alto and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Alt nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hermann Christian Georg Erdlen (1893 - 1973), "Wanderschaft", published 1959 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Sonne leuchte mir ins Herz - Drei Hermann-Hesse-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Frommlet (1901 - 1982), "Wanderschaft", published 1957 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ferdinand Gerhardt, jun. (1888 - 1985), "Wanderschaft" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Gerstberger (1892 - 1955), "Wanderschaft", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder nach den Worten verschiedener Dichter) no. 4, published 1935 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Julius Gessinger (1899 - 1986), "Wanderschaft", op. 51 (Vier Hesse-Lieder) no. 2 (1951) [ baritone and piano or string quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Albert Gorter (1862 - 1936), "Wanderschaft", op. 25 (Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 1 (1959) [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Gund (1865 - 1927), "Wanderschaft", op. 36 (5 Lieder) no. 3, published 1914 [ medium voice and piano ], under the name Robert Gound, in Das Moderne Lied - eine Sammlung von 50 Gesängen für mittlere Stimme [sung text checked 1 time]
by Esther Gutknecht , "Wanderschaft", 1944 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Willy Hess (1906 - 1997), "Wanderschaft", op. 42 (Sieben Lieder = Seven songs) no. 5, published 1974 [ voice and piano ], Zürich : Amadeus Verlag, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
by Kurt Hessenberg (1908 - 1994), "Wanderschaft", op. 80 (Acht Lieder) no. 1 (<<1966) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Artur Hoffmann (1864 - 1931), "Wanderschaft" [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Heinrich Kaminski (1886 - 1946), "Volkslied", from 4 Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Alexander Kömpel , "Wanderschaft" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Walter Kretschmar (1902 - 1977), "Wanderschaft" [ voice and lute ], from Der Übermütige singt! Heitere Lieder zur Laute, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Lang (1897 - 1968), "Wanderschaft", published 1959 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Heinz Lau (1925 - 1975), "Wanderschaft", 1952 [ unaccompanied voice ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Heinz Lau (1925 - 1975), "Im Walde blüht der Seidelbast" [ SAT chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Kurt Lissmann (1902 - 1983), "Der Seidelbast", published 1958 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Löffler (1871 - 1949), "Wanderschaft", op. 69, published c1910 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Mayer (b. 1891), "Wanderschaft", 1958 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Heinrich Pestalozzi (1878 - 1940), "Wanderschaft", op. 37 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 6 (1924), published <<1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by August Reuss (1871 - 1935), "Wanderschaft", op. 36 (Acht Lieder) no. 3, published <<1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Max Scheunemann (1881 - 1965), "Wanderschaft", op. 15 no. 2, published 1926 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Heino Schubert (b. 1928), "Wanderschaft", published 1958 [ three-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Frank Steiner , "Wanderschaft", lines 1-4,9-12 [ voice and piano ], from Der Blütenzweig - Fünf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Alexander Lang Steinert (1900 - 1982), "Wanderschaft", 1956 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Vertonungen von Hesse-Gedichten, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Bruno Stürmer (1892 - 1958), "Wanderschaft", 1934, published 1935 [ three-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Peter Suitner (b. 1928), "Wanderschaft", op. 92d [ voice and piano ], two versions [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Süssmuth (1892 - 1943), "Wanderschaft", op. 26b, published 1928 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Gemischte Chöre, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Richard (Hannes Ruch) Weinhöppel (1867 - 1928), "Wanderschaft" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Paul Zoll (1907 - 1978), "Wanderschaft", published 1959 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in English, a translation by Maureen Oberli-Turner ; composed by Willy Hess.
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Word count: 79

Randonnée

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Le daphné fleurit dans la forêt,
La neige recouvre le fossé ;
Ce que tu m'as écrit aujourd'hui,
La petite lettre, m'a fait mal.

Je me taille maintenant un bâton de bois ;
Je connais un autre pays
où les filles ne sont pas si fières
pour décliner l'amour.

Le daphné fleurit dans la forêt,
Aucune petite lettre ne me fait mal,
Et celle que tu m'as écrite
Flotte au large, sur le lac,
Flotte au large sur le lac de Constance,
Oui, au large, sur le lac.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Pierre Mathé, (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 Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Wanderschaft", written 1908, appears in Unterwegs, first published 1911
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This text was added to the website: 2013-02-10
Line count: 14
Word count: 88