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Ich hab ein Bächlein funden
Vom Städtchen ziemlich weit,
Da bin ich manche Stunden
In stiller Einsamkeit.
Ich thät mir gleich erkiesen
Ein Plätzchen kühles Moos;
Da sitz' ich, und da fließen
Mir Thränen in den Schooß.
Für dich, für dich nur wallet
Mein jugendliches Blut;
Doch, leise nur erschallet
Dein Nam' an dieser Flut.
Ich fürchte, daß mich täusche
Ein Lauscher aus der Stadt;
Es schreckt mich das Geräusche
Von jedem Pappelblatt.
...
Von meinem Blumenhügel
Sah ich dir lange nach;
Ich wünschte mir die Flügel
Der Täubchen auf dem Dach;
Nun glaub' ich zu vergehen
Mit jedem Augenblick.
Willst du dein Liebchen sehen,
So komme bald zurück!
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Joseph Martin Kraus (1756 - 1792), "Daphne am Bach", VB 83 (1783), stanzas 1-2,4 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750 - 1819), "Daphne am Bach", written 1775, first published 1776
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Dafne al rierol", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Daphne bij de beek", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I have found a brook", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Daphné au bord du ruisseau", copyright © 2010, (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: 32
Word count: 147
I have found a brook
quite far from town,
and I spend many hours
there in quiet solitude.
Every time I choose the same
spot in the cool moss;
there I sit and there I let
my tears run into my lap.
For you, for you
my youthful blood seethes;
yet only very softly do I whisper
your name to the water.
I am afraid that some eavesdropper
will betray me to the town;
I am alarmed whenever the leaves
of the poplar tree rustle.
...
From my flowery hill
I gazed after you for a long time;
I wished I had wings
like the dove on the roof;
now I think I will die
at any moment.
If you wish to see your beloved again,
come back soon!
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750 - 1819), "Daphne am Bach", written 1775, first published 1776
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 171