The mountain shepherd | When I stand on the highest cliff

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by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Vom Berge

(Sung text for setting by C. Banck)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CHI DUT ENG FRE FRE ITA NOR SPA

Wenn auf dem höchsten Fels ich steh',
In's tiefe Thal hernieder seh'
Und singe,

Fern aus dem tiefen dunkeln Thal
Schwingt sich empor der Wiederhall
Der Klüfte.

 ... 

Mein Liebchen wohnt so fern von mir,
Drum sehn' ich mich so heiß nach ihr
Hinüber!

 ... 

Ach, süßes Liebchen, nimm mich bald!
Es ist so öd', es ist so kalt
Hier oben.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4,10 of the original text.

First published in Urania (see above) as the second poem of Ländliche Lieder, with each two consecutive stanzas combined into one with six lines.

Composition:

Carl Banck

Getrennte Liebe

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Der Berghirt", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Ländliche Lieder, first published 1822

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "The mountain shepherd", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Covadonga González Bernardo) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-07
Line count: 30
Word count: 143

The mountain shepherd

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Banck)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When I stand on the highest cliff
I look down into the deep valley
And sing,

Far away out of the deep dark valley
There soars up an echo 
From the ravines,

 ... 

My beloved lives so far from me,
So I feel such hot longing for her
Over there!

 ... 

Oh my girl, my girl, take me quickly!
It is so barren, it is so cold
Up here.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4,10 of the original text.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Der Berghirt", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Ländliche Lieder, first published 1822
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This text was added to the website: 2020-06-30
Line count: 30
Word count: 159