Will ruhen unter den Bäumen hier,
Die [Vögelein]1 hör' ich so gerne.
Wie [singet]2 ihr so zum Herzen mir!
Von [unsrer]3 Liebe was wisset ihr
In dieser weiten Ferne?

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C. Unger sets stanza 1

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¹ Aggházy, Herrmann, Unger: "Vöglein"
² Herrmann: "singt"
³ Andersson: "meiner"
⁴ Aggházy: "duftige Blumen"; Herrmann: "duft'ge Blumen"
⁵ Brahms, Andersson: "hierher"
⁶ Herrmann: "herzlich"

Text Authorship:

• by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "In der Ferne", written 1806, appears in Lieder, in Wanderlieder, no. 3, first published 1815

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Far away", copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au loin", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Lontano", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 63

Sous ces grands arbres reposons nous,
chantez, oiseaux de bocage,
que votre chant pour mon cœur est doux !
de nos tendresses que savez-vous,
si loin de mon village ?

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