In the forest, in the bright sunshine

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by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Im Wald im hellen Sonnenschein

(Sung text for setting by H. Zöllner)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE

Im Wald, im hellen Sonnenschein
Wenn alle Knospen springen,
Da mag ich gerne mittendrein
Eins singen.

Wie mir zu Muth in Leid und Lust,
Im Wachen und im Träumen,
Das stimm' ich an aus voller Brust
Den Bäumen.

 ... 

Da fühlt die Brust am eignen Klang,
Sie darf sich was erkühnen --
O frischer, froher Lustgesang
Im Grünen!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,5 of the original text.

Note: in Blumenthal's score there is a typo in stanza 2 line 3: word 4 is "gern" instead of "an".

Composition:

Heinrich Zöllner

Vier Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor

Text Authorship:

by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 31

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Joel Ayau) , "In the forest, in bright sunshine", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Henri Dupraz) , "Dans la forêt", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2006-11-01
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Word count: 95

In the forest, in the bright sunshine

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Zöllner)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In the forest, in the bright sunshine,
When all the buds spring forth,
There I would gladly in their midst
Be singing.

How I feel in sorrow and joy,
In waking and in dreaming,
I sing forth with a full heart
To the trees.

 ... 

There the heart feels from its own sound
That it may venture something —
O fresh, happy song of joy
In the countryside.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,5 of the original text.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 31
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