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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Loreley
 (Sung text for setting by E. Naumann)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE FRE HEB IRI ITA ITA NOR POR SPA
Es ist schon spät, es wird schon kalt,
Was reitst du einsam durch den Wald?
Der Wald ist lang, du bist allein,
Du schöne Braut! Ich führ dich heim!

"Groß ist der Männer Trug und List,
Vor Schmerz mein Herz gebrochen ist,
Wohl irrt das Waldhorn her und hin,
O flieh! Du weißt nicht, wer ich bin."

So reich geschmückt ist Roß und Weib,
So wunderschön der junge Leib,
Jetzt kenn ich dich - Gott steh mir bei!
Du bist die Hexe Lorelei. -

"Du kennst mich wohl - von hohem Stein
Schaut still mein Schloß tief in den Rhein.
Es ist schon spät, es wird schon kalt,
Kommst nimmermehr aus diesem Wald."

Composition:

    Set to music by Emil Naumann (1827 - 1888), "Loreley", op. 29a (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock; note: this opus was reused for another piece by another publishing company in April 1866 so we have used an 'a' beside the opus to distinguish them

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Waldgespräch", appears in Gedichte, in 7. Romanzen

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Conversa al bosc", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Gesprek in 't woud", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Conversation in the wood", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Forest encounter", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Timothy Adès) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (David Le Marrec) , "Il est déjà tard, il fait déjà froid", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) [singable] (David Le Marrec) , "Il est bien tard, il fait bien froid", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Conversation dans la forêt", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "שיחה ביער", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Dialogo nel bosco", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Conversazione nel bosco", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Samtale i skogen", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Conversa na floresta", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "Conversación en el bosque", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 110

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