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by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904)

Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort
 (Sung text for setting by C. Schumann)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
 ... 

Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort,
Verborgnes Quellenrauschen --
O Wald, o Wald, geweihter Ort,
Laß mich des Lebens reinstes Wort,
in Zweig und Blatt belauschen!

Und schreit' ich in den Wald hinaus,
Da grüßen mich die Bäume.
Du liebes, freies Gotteshaus,
Du schließest mich mit Sturmgebraus
In deine kühlen Räume!

 ... 

Was leise mich umschwebt, umklingt, --
Ich will es treu bewahren,
Und was mir tief zum Herzen dringt,
Will ich, vom Geist der Lieb' beschwingt,
In Liedern offenbaren!

Note: Clara Schumann switches the stanzas around; her setting begins "Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort".

Composition:

    Set to music by Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896), "Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort", op. 23 no. 3, published 1856, stanzas 3,1,4 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904), "Waldeszauber", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Friedliche Stimmen, first published 1846

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

  • ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "Soft, secret whispers here and there", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chuchotements secrets ici et là", copyright © 2015, (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: 20
Word count: 103

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