The Miller and the Brook | Where a true heart

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by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Der Müller und der Bach

(Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CHI DUT ENG FIN FRE GRE ITA KOR POR

Der Müller.
 Wo ein treues Herze
 In Liebe vergeht,
 Da welken die Lilien
 Auf jedem Beet.

 Da muß in die Wolken
 Der Vollmond gehn,
 Damit seine Thränen
 Die Menschen nicht sehn.

 Da halten die Englein
 Die Augen sich zu,
 Und schluchzen und singen
 Die Seele zur Ruh'.

Der Bach.
 Und wenn sich die Liebe
 Dem Schmerz entringt,
 Ein Sternlein, ein neues,
 Am Himmel erblinkt.

 Da springen drei Rosen,
 Halb roth und halb weiß,
 Die welken nicht wieder,
 Aus Dornenreis.

 Und die Engelein schneiden
 Die Flügel sich ab,
 Und gehn alle Morgen
 Zur Erde herab.

Der Müller.
 Ach, Bächlein, liebes Bächlein,
 Du meinst es so gut:
 Ach, Bächlein, aber weißt du,
 Wie Liebe thut?

 Ach, unten, da unten,
 Die kühle Ruh'!
 Ach, Bächlein, liebes Bächlein,
 So singe nur zu.

First published in a different version in Der Gesellschafter oder Blätter für Geist und Herz. Herausgegeben von F. W. Gubitz. Zweiter Jahrgang. Berlin, 1818. In der Maurerschen Buchhandlung. Montag den 8. Juni. 91stes Blatt, page 363.

Composition:

Franz Peter Schubert

Die schöne Müllerin

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Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Der Müller und der Bach", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 23, first published 1818

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El moliner i el rierol", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De molenaar en de beek", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The Miller and the Brook", copyright ©
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Mylläri ja puro", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le meunier et le ruisseau", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , "Ο μυλωνάς και το ρυάκι", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il mugnaio e il ruscello", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "물방아꾼과 시냇물", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POR Portuguese (Português) (Caê Vieira) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 35
Word count: 135

The Miller and the Brook

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The Miller:
 Where a true heart
 Wastes away in love,
 There wilt the lilies
 In every bed;

 Then into the clouds must
 The full moon go,
 So that her tears
 Men do not see;

 Then angels
 shut their eyes
 And sob and sing
 to rest the soul.

The Brook:
 And when Love
 conquers pain,
 a little star, a new one,
 shines in Heaven;

 three roses,
 half red and half white,
 which never wilt,
 spring up on thorny stalks.

 And the angels cut
 their wings right off
 and go every morning
 down to Earth.

The Miller:
 Ah, brooklet, dear brook,
 You mean it so well,
 Ah, brooklet, but do you know,
 What love does?

 Ah, under, yes under,
 is cool rest!
 Ah, brooklet, dear brook,
 please just sing on.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Der Müller und der Bach", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 23, first published 1818
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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