Who has made you, you beautiful forest

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

Translation © by David Guess

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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This text was added to the website: 2008-11-20
Line count: 24
Word count: 109

The hunter's farewell

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Mendelssohn)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Who has made you, you beautiful forest,
Built so high up there?              
I want to praise the Master
As long as I still have voice.
Farewell, 
Farewell, you beautiful forest!

Deeply bewildering the world sends out sounds,
Lonely deer grazing above,
And we go forth and blow the horn
So that it resounds a thousand-fold:
Farewell, 
Farewell, you beautiful forest!

 ... 

That which we quietly praised in the forest
We want to preserve out in the world with honor,
Our forebearers remain eternally faithful:
German banner which floats rustling in the air
Farewell!
May God protect you, you beautiful forest!

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

Note: This is a translation of Mendelssohn's version.

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