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by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876)

Translation © by Peter Low

Die verschwiegene Nachtigall

(Sung text for setting by E. Grieg)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the Mittelhochdeutsch

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

  Unter der Linden,
An der Haide,
Wo ich mit meinem Trauten saß,
  Da mögt ihr finden,
Wie wir beide
Die Blumen brachen und das Gras.
  Vor dem Wald mit süßem Schall,
Tandaradei!
Sang im Thal die Nachtigall.

  Ich kam gegangen
Zu der Aue,
Mein Liebster kam vor mir dahin.
  Ich ward empfangen,
Als hehre Fraue,
Daß ich noch immer selig bin.
  Ob er mir auch Küsse bot?
Tandaradei!
Seht, wie ist mein Mund so roth!

 ... 

  Wie ich da ruhte,
Wüßt' es Einer,
Behüte Gott, ich schämte mich.
  Wie mich der Gute
Herzte, Keiner
Erfahre das als er und ich.
  Und ein kleines Vögelein,
Tandaradei!
Das wird wohl verschwiegen sein.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

Confirmed with Lieder der Minnesinger, Elberfeld, A. L. Friderichs, p. 144

Composition:

Edvard Grieg

Text Authorship:

by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876), "Die verschwiegene Nachtigall", first published 1857

Based on:

a text in Mittelhochdeutsch by Walther von der Vogelweide (1170? - 1228?), "Under der linden"
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CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Peter Low) , "Under the lindens on the heath", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le rossignol secret", copyright © 2012, (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: 36
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Under the lindens on the heath

(Sung text translation for setting by E. Grieg)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Under the lindens
on the heath
at the spot where I sat with my boyfriend
you might discover 
how he and I
squashed the flowers and the grass.
From the woods came a sweet sound -
"Tandaradei!"
- the nightingale singing in the valley.

I came 
to the meadow;
my sweetheart had arrived before me.
He greeted me
as a noble lady
(I'm still very happy about that).
Did he offer me kisses?
"Tandaradei!"
- See how red my lips are!

 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2002 by Peter Low, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Joseph Simrock (1802 - 1876), "Die verschwiegene Nachtigall", first published 1857
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Based on:

a text in Mittelhochdeutsch by Walther von der Vogelweide (1170? - 1228?), "Under der linden"
- Go to the text page.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 27
Word count: 119