Es zog eine Hochzeit den Berg entlang,
Ich hörte die Vögel schlagen,
Da blitzten viel Reiter, das Waldhorn klang,
Das war ein lustiges Jagen!

Und eh' ich's gedacht, war alles verhallt,
Die Nacht bedecket die Runde,
Nur von den Bergen noch rauschet der Wald
Und mich schauert im Herzensgrunde.

Notes:
Stanza 1: In op. 75, Schumann adds another stanza after the first stanza:

Der Bräutigem küsste die blasse Braut,
die Mutter sprach leis', "Nicht klagen!"
Fort schmettert das Horn durch die Schluchten laut,
Es war ein lustiges Jagen!

Stanza 2, line 4, word 3: in op. 39, Schumann has "schauert's" instead of "schauert"

Composition:

Set to music by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Im Walde", op. 39 no. 11 (1840), published 1842 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, no. 11, Wien, Haslinger
    Score: IMSLP [external link]

Text Authorship:

• by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Im Walde", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, first published 1835

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Al bosc", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "In het woud", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "In the woods", copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "En forêt", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "ביער", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Nel bosco", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "I skogen", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Na floresta", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Na floresta", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "En el bosque", copyright ©, (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.
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Word count: 49