by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776) and by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Seufzer
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Die Nachtigall
Singt überall
Auf grünen Reisen
Die besten Weisen,
Daß ringsum Wald
Und Ufer schallt.

Manch junges Paar
Geht dort, wo klar
Das Bächlein rauschet,
Und steht, und lauschet
Mit frohem Sinn
Der Sängerin.

Ich höre bang'
Im düstern Gang
Der Nachtigallen
Gesänge schallen;
Denn ach! allein
Irr' ich im Hain.

Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludewig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. Besorgt durch seine Freunde Friederich Leopold Grafen zu Stolberg und Johann Heinrich Voß. Hamburg, bei Carl Ernst Bohn. 1783, page 184.

This is the version of Hölty's poem heavily reworked by Voß. For the original version, see below.


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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zuchten", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Richard Morris) , "Sighs", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (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: 18
Word count: 52

Language: Danish (Dansk)  after the German (Deutsch) 
I lövriig Dal
en Nattergal
saa henrykt qvæder
om Elskovs Glæder,
og Gienlyd gav
vor Lund deraf.

Og jeg maae see,
hvor Hyrderne
sig til den snige,
hver med sin Pige
beluske glad
dens söde Qvad.

Jeg förger kun
i denne Lund,
og hörer bange
de söde Sange;
thi ak! jeg er
allene her.

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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-12
Line count: 18
Word count: 54