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Hörst du nicht die Bäume rauschen Draußen durch die stille Rund? Lockts dich nicht, hinabzulauschen Von dem Söller in den Grund, Wo die vielen Bäche gehen Wunderbar im Mondenschein Wo die stillen Schlösser sehen In den Fluß vom hohen Stein? Kennst du noch die irren Lieder Aus der alten, schönen Zeit? Sie erwachen alle wieder Nachts in Waldeseinsamkeit, Wenn die Bäume träumend lauschen Und der Flieder duftet schwül Und im Fluß die Nixen rauschen - Komm herab, hier ist's so kühl.
Composition:
- Set to music by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Lockung", op. 7 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Lockung", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Jakob Kellner) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Henri Dupraz) , "N'entends-tu pas le murmure des arbres?", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Senti tu stormire gli alberi", copyright © 2008, (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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Don't you hear the trees rustling Outside through the surrounding stillness? Aren‘t you tempted to listen Down from the balcony to the ground, Where the many streams flow Wondrously in the moonlight, Where the quiet castles look Into the river from the high rock? Do you still remember the mad songs Of the beautiful olden days? They all come awake again At night in the solitude of the forest, When the dreaming trees listen And the lilac gives out a sensuous perfume And in the river the water-sprites murmur, "Come down, it's so cool here.”
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 by Grant Hicks, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Lockung", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben
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This text was added to the website: 2025-07-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 97