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

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Lied

(Sung text for setting by J. Brahms)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE SPA

  Lindes Rauschen in den Wipfeln,
Vöglein, die ihr fernab fliegt,
Bronnen von den stillen Gipfeln,
Sagt, wo meine Heimat liegt?

  Heut' im Traum sah ich sie wieder,
Und von allen Bergen ging
Solches Grüßen zu mir nieder,
Daß ich an zu weinen fing.

  Ach! hier auf den fremden Gipfeln:
Menschen, Quellen, Fels und Baum --
Alles ist mir wie ein Traum.

Muntre Vögel in den Wipfeln,
Ihr Gesellen dort im Tal,
Grüßt mir von den fremden Gipfeln
Meine Heimat tausendmal!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2, 3 (lines 1-2,4), 4 of the original text.

Also confirmed with Viel Lärmen um Nichts von Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff und Die mehreren Wehmüller und ungarischen Nationalgesichter von Clemens Brentano. Zwei Novellen, Berlin: In der Vereins-Buchhandlung, 1833, pages 13 (first three stanzas) and 15 (fourth stanza).

Note: first appeared in the novella Viel Lärmen um Nichts, 1833; fourth stanza omitted in later collection

Note for stanza 1, line 2: in Rheinberger's setting, the first time this line is sung, word 5 is "zieht" instead of "fliegt", but the word reverts to the original in the repetition.

Composition:

Johannes Brahms

Sechs Gesänge für Tenor oder Sopran mit Pianoforte

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Erinnerung, no. 1

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "O gentle rustling in the tree-tops", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Doux bruissements dans les cimes", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , copyright © 2021, (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: 16
Word count: 86

O gentle rustling in the tree‑tops

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Brahms)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

O gentle rustling in the tree-tops,
O little birds who fly far away,
O springs who come from the still peaks,
Tell me where my homeland lies!

Today in a dream I saw it again,
And from every mountain 
Such greetings came down to me,
That I began to weep.

Ah! here on the foreign peaks,
People, streams, rocks and trees -
Everything is like a dream to me!

O cheerful little birds in the tree-tops,
O young men there in the vale,
Bring my greetings from these foreign peaks,
To my home a thousand times!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2, 3 (lines 1-2,4), 4 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Erinnerung, no. 1
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 101