Dans la forêt | Dans la forêt, dans la pure clarté du soleil

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by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Translation © by Henri Dupraz

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

Dans la forêt

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Zöllner)

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Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Dans la forêt, dans la pure clarté du soleil,
Lorsque tous les bourgeons éclosent,
Alors je pourrais volontiers, là en plein milieu,
Chanter une chanson (en pousser une).

Et selon mon humeur, soit chagrine soit gaie,
En réalité et en rêve,
Je l'entonne à pleins poumons
Pour les arbres.

 ... 

Là le coeur perçoit une musique qui lui plaît,
Il devrait oser quelque chose,
O plaisir innocent, chant, chant
Dans la verdure.

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

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2008 by Henri Dupraz, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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