Qui t’a créée, ô belle forêt

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

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Der Jäger Abschied

(Sung text for setting by F. Mendelssohn)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Wer hat dich, du schöner Wald,
Aufgebaut so hoch da droben?
Wohl den Meister will ich loben,
Solang noch mein' Stimme erschallt:
Lebe wohl,
Lebe wohl, du schöner Wald! 

Tief die Welt verworren schallt,
Oben einsam Rehe grasen.
Und wir ziehen fort und blasen,
Daß es tausendfach verhallt:
Lebe wohl,
Lebe wohl, du schöner Wald!

 ... 

Was wir still gelobt im Wald,
Wollen's draußen ehrlich halten,
Ewig bleiben treu die Alten:
Bis das letzte Lied verhallt:
Lebe wohl,
Schirm' dich Gott, du deutscher Wald!

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

Note for stanza 4, lines 4-6: another edition of Eichendorff has the following:

Deutsch Panier, das rauschend wallt:
Lebe wohl, 
schirm dich Gott, du schöner Wald!"

Composition:

Felix Mendelssohn

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Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der Jäger Abschied", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Zeitlieder

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (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 (David Guess) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 109

L'adieu du chasseur

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Mendelssohn)

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

Qui t’a créée, ô belle forêt
Dressée si haut là-haut ?
C’est bien le maître que je veux louer,
Tant que ma voix résonne encore :
Adieu,
Adieu, ô belle forêt !

Au fond, le monde gronde et s’emmêle,
Là-haut, solitaires, paissent les chevreuils.
Et nous avançons, joyeux, en sonnant,
Si bien que l’écho se multiplie mille fois :
Adieu,
Adieu, ô belle forêt !

 ... 

Ce que, silencieux, nous avons juré en forêt,
Nous le garderons honnêtement en-dehors.
À jamais fidèles resteront les anciens,
Jusqu’à ce que le dernier chant s’éteigne :
Adieu,
Que Dieu te protège, ô forêt allemande !

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

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