Through field and beech-forest

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

Translation © by John H. Campbell

Bergeslust

(Sung text for setting by F. Hensel)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE

 ... 

  O Lust, vom Berg zu schauen 
Weit über Wald und Strom, 
Hoch über sich den blauen 
den klaren Himmelsdom !
 Hoch über sich den blauen
tiefklaren Himmelsdom! 

  Vom Berge Vögel fliegen 
Und Wolken so geschwind, 
Gedanken überfliegen 
Die Vögel und den Wind.

  Die Wolken ziehn hernieder, 
Das Vöglein senkt sich gleich, 
Gedanken gehn und Lieder 
bis in das Himmelreich.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 4-6 of the original text.

Composition:

Fanny Hensel

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der wandernde Musikant, no. 6

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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 (John H. Campbell) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Song of travel", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Through field and beech‑forest

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Hensel)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 ... 

O joy, to look from the mountain,
far over forest and stream,
high above is the deep blue
of heaven's cathedral!

Fly little bird from the mountain
and clouds so swiftly,
Thoughts fly with
the birds and the wind.

The clouds flow down,
the little bird swoops down also,
Thought and song fly
away into the heavens.

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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 Der wandernde Musikant, no. 6
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