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by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898)

Der Bergwald
Language: German (Deutsch) 
 Du warst mein tröstlich kühles Wanderziel,
Du grüner Wald, in jugendheißen Tagen.
Ich hatte dir von meinem Glücke viel,
Von meinen Schmerzen hatt' ich mehr zu sagen.  

Und wieder such' ich dich, mein dunkler Hort,
Und deiner Wipfel sangesmächtig Rauschen.
Heut rede du!  Ich lasse dir das Wort,
Ich habe Nichts zu sagen  --  ich will lauschen.  

Confirmed with Deutsche Dichterhalle. Zweites Band, no. 9, ed. by Oscar Blumenthal, Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1873. Appears in issue no. 9, no calendar date is printed, page 101. This poem was later reworked into Jetzt rede du!.


Text Authorship:

  • by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Der Bergwald" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Eduard Gustav Sabbath (b. 1826), "Der Bergwald", op. 25 (Zwei Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Der Bergwald", op. 77 (Fünf Lieder für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1900 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Hermann Behn, Albert Decker, Hans Fleischer, Siegmund von Hausegger, Wilhelm Kienzl, Othmar Schoeck, Georg Schumann, James Martin Simon.

    • Go to the text. [ view differences ] ENG FRE SWE

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2019-12-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 57

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