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by Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Über Wildemann, einem Bergstädtchen am Harz

(Sung text for setting by J. Lang)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Die Winde sausen
Am Tannenhang,
Die Quellen brausen
Das Thal entlang;
Ich wand're in Eile
Durch Wald und Schnee,
Wohl manche Meile
Von Höh zu Höh.
 
Und will das Leben
Im freien Thal
Sich auch schon heben
Zum Sonnenstrahl;
Ich muß vorüber
Mit wildem Sinn
Und blicke lieber
Zum Winter hin.
 
Auf grünen Haiden,
Auf bunten Au'n,
Müßt' ich mein Leiden
Nur immer schaun,
Daß selbst am Steine
Das Leben sprießt,
Und ach! nur Eine
Das Herz verschließt.
 
O Liebe, Liebe,
O Mayenhauch!
Du drängst die Triebe
Aus Baum und Strauch;
Die Vögel singen
Bei deinem Wehn;
Die Quellen springen
Bei deinem Wehn!
 
Mich läßt du schweifen
Im dunklen Wahn
Durch Windespfeifen
Auf rauher Bahn.
O Frühlings Schimmer,
O Blüthen Schein,
Soll ich denn nimmer
Mich dein erfreun?

Composition:

Josephine Lang

Text Authorship:

by Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817), "Über Wildemann, einem Bergstädtchen am Harz. Den 28sten April 1816.", written 1816, appears in Poetisches Tagebuch, vom 29ten Junius 1813 bis 17ten Februar 1817, first published 1819

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Over Wildemann", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au-dessus de Wildemann", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 40
Word count: 134

Gazing down upon Wildemann, a little mountain town in the Harz

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Lang)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The winds roar
Along the fir-clad slopes,
The water-springs
Race through the valley;
I wander in haste
Through forest and snow,
Many a mile
From peak to peak.
 
And when in
The open valley
Life already rises
Toward the sunbeams,
I must pass by
With a frenzied spirit
And I gaze instead
To where it is still winter.
 
Upon green moors,
Upon colourful meadows,
I would only be
Constantly confronted with my pain,
That life puts forth shoots
Even upon the rocks,
And, alas, only one
Has locked her heart.
 
Oh love, love,
Oh breath of May,
You urge the shoots forth
From tree and bush,
The birds sing
When you waft by
The water-springs bubble up
When you waft by.
 
But you leave me
To roam in darksome delusions
Through the whistling wind
Upon a rough pathway.
Oh shimmer of Spring,
Oh radiance of blossoms,
Am I never
To rejoice in you?

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817), "Über Wildemann, einem Bergstädtchen am Harz. Den 28sten April 1816.", written 1816, appears in Poetisches Tagebuch, vom 29ten Junius 1813 bis 17ten Februar 1817, first published 1819
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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-25
Line count: 40
Word count: 154