Stroll | They wander through the green of the woods

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by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Spaziergang

(Sung text for setting by A. Berg)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE NOR

  Sie wandeln durch des Waldes Grün.
Vögel singen und Blumen blühn.

  Ein blasser Mann und ein stilles Kind.
Sie schlürfen durstig den Frühlingswind.

  Und der Knabe blieb verwundert stehn:
"Ich glaub', ich kann die Mutter sehn."

  Sie starren in das junge Grün . . .
Vögel singen und Blumen blühn.

Composition:

Alban Maria Johannes Berg

Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08)

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), "Spaziergang", appears in Tag und Nacht: Gedichte, first published 1894

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "Passeig", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Stroll", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Promenade", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Spasertur", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Jakob Kellner , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 52

Stroll

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Berg)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  They wander through the green of the woods.
Birds are singing and flowers are blooming.

  A pale man and a silent child.
Thirstily they drink in the spring breeze.

  And the boy stood still in astonishment:
"I believe that I can see my mother."

  They stare into the fresh greenery . . . 
Birds are singing and flowers are blooming.

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 Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), "Spaziergang", appears in Tag und Nacht: Gedichte, first published 1894
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 62