Zwischen Weizen und Korn,
Zwischen Hecken und Dorn,
Zwischen Bäumen und Gras,
Wo [gehts]1 Liebchen? 
Sag mir das.

  Fand mein Holdchen 
  Nicht daheim;
  Muß das Goldchen 
  Draußen sein.
  Grünt und blühet 
  Schön der Mai;
  Liebchen ziehet 
  Froh und frei.

An dem Felsen beim Fluß,
Wo sie reichte den Kuß,
Jenen ersten im Gras, 
Seh' ich etwas!
Ist sie das? --2 

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Note: The modernized spelling of "Weizen" is "Waizen".
¹ Huberti: "geht das"
² Several composers (not Huberti, Medtner) add: "Das ist sie, das!"

Authorship

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mailied", written 1812? [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 Oskar Bolck (1837 - 1888), "Zwischen Waizen und Korn", op. 45 (Sechs Lieder für hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [high voice and piano], Leipzig, Siegel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Die Kleine", op. 34 no. 4, published 1884 [vocal duet for alto and medium voice with piano], from Gestalten und Erinnerungen, no. 4, Berlin, Luckhardt [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by F. Christoph , "Mailied", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1895 [medium voice and piano], Berlin, Ries & Erler [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Wilhelm Dörr , "Mailied", published 1882 [voice and piano], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Wien, Gutmann [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by E. Draude , "Mailied" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Jan van den Eeden (1842 - 1917), "Mailied", published 1874 [voice and piano], from Fünf Gedichte für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Wien, Bösendorfer [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Heinrich Elkamp (1812 - 1868), "Zwischen Waizen und Korn ", op. 5 (12 Lieder), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1834 [voice and piano], Hamburg, Cranz [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Ernst Frank (1847 - 1889), "Mailied", op. 1 (Zehn Lieder) no. 2, published 1871 [voice and piano], Wien, Gotthard [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Mailied", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1859 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Whistling [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Carl Goldmark (1830 - 1915), "Mailied", op. 37 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1889 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Senff [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Mailied", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 3 (c1840) [SATB chorus] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Mailied ", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1860 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Heinze [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by (Ludwig) Bernhard Hopffer (1840 - 1877), "Mailied", op. 9 (Zwölf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published [1871] [voice and piano], Berlin : Mitschler & Röstell - Collection Litolff ; No. 2015 [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Gustave Léon Huberti (1843 - 1910), "Mailied" [high voice and piano], from Huit mélodies, no. 4, Bruxelles: Schott Frères, also set in French (Français), also set in Dutch (Nederlands) [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Mailied", op. 71 no. 1, published 1878 [medium voice and piano], from Fünf Goethe-Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Darmstadt, Thies [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Mailied", published 1837 [voice and piano], Mainz, Schott [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Mailied", op. 6 no. 2 (1904), also set in Russian (Русский) [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Carl Moltke (1783 - 1831), "Mailied ", published [1814] [voice and piano or guitar], from Drey Lieder von Göthe mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Mailied ", op. 48 (Deutsche Lieder von W. v. Göthe für eine Sopran- oder Tenorstimme ) no. 5, published [1827?] [soprano or tenor and piano], Berlin: Bei Fr. Laue [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Eduard Rommel , "Mailied", op. 16 (Zwei Lieder im Volkston für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1890 [voice and piano], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Alfred Schlenker (1876 - 1950), "Mailied", published 1905 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Emmy Schlieffen , "Mailied", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1891 [medium voice and piano], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Mailied", 1899 [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Mailied", op. 13 no. 3 (1876) [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Richard Ferdinand Würst (1824 - 1881), "Mailied", op. 72 (Drei Gesänge für 1 Mittelstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 2, published 1877 [medium voice and piano], Berlin, Bahn [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Wo gehts Liebchen?", 1810 [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Mailied", op. 2 (Dreizehn Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier), Heft 1 no. 5 (1894-6) [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Emmanuel Hiel (1834 - 1899) ENG FRE FRE RUS ; composed by Gustave Léon Huberti.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Gustave Lagye (1843 - 1908) DUT ENG RUS ; composed by Gustave Léon Huberti.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title DUT ENG FRE FRE ; composed by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Between wheat and corn", copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de mai", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:30
Line count: 18
Word count: 60

Tusschen haver en graan,
tusschen loover en laan,
tusschen hagen en groen,
waar gaat mijn liefken?
In het groen!

'k ind het zoete 
kind niet hier,
buiten loopt 
z'in vollen zwier:
Buiten bloeit 
en groeit de mei,
liefje loopt 
in't veld, jochhei.

Op het strand bij den vloed,
gaf ze mij den kus zoo zoet,
d'eersten zoen in het groen.
Mocht zij het doen!
In het groen?