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Ich möchte ziehn in die Welt hinaus, Hinaus in die weite Welt, Wenn's nur so grün, [so grün nicht wär']1 Da draußen in Wald und Feld! Ich möchte die grünen Blätter all' Pflücken von jedem Zweig, Ich möchte die grünen Gräser all' Weinen [ganz todtenbleich]2. Ach Grün, du böse Farbe du, Was siehst mich immer an, So stolz, so keck, so schadenfroh, Mich armen weißen Mann? Ich möchte liegen vor ihrer Thür, In Sturm und Regen und Schnee, Und singen [ganz leise]3 bei Tag und Nacht Das eine Wörtchen Ade! Horch, wenn im [Wald]4 ein Jagdhorn [ruft]5, Da klingt ihr Fensterlein, Und schaut sie auch nach mir nicht aus, Darf ich doch schauen hinein. O binde von der Stirn dir ab Das grüne, grüne Band, Ade, Ade! und reiche mir Zum Abschied deine Hand!
L. Berger sets stanzas 1-2, 4-6
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Erstes Bändchen. Zweite Auflage. Deßau 1826. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 37-38; and with Sieben und siebzig Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Dessau, 1821. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 39-40.
First published in a different version with the title Das böse Grün in Der Gesellschafter oder Blätter für Geist und Herz. Herausgegeben von F. W. Gubitz. Zweiter Jahrgang. Berlin, 1818. In der Maurerschen Buchhandlung. Sonnabend den 6. Juni. 90stes Blatt, page 357.
1 Berger: "nicht wär', so grün"2 Berger: "so bleich, so bleich"
3 Berger: "leise"
4 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "Walde"
5 Schubert: "schallt"
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Die böse Farbe", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 20, first published 1818 [author's text checked 2 times 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 (Carl) Ludwig (Heinrich) Berger (1777 - 1839), "Der Müller", op. 11 no. 7, published 1818, stanzas 1-2,4-6, from Gesänge aus einem gesellschaftlichen Liederspiele "Die schöne Müllerin", no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die böse Farbe", op. 25 no. 17, D 795 no. 17 (1823), from Die schöne Müllerin, no. 17 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El color maligne", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "De kwade kleur", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The Hateful Color", copyright ©
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Ilkeä väri", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La couleur méchante", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , "Το κακό χρώμα", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il colore maligno", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "미움의 색", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Caê Vieira) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Tha ēthela na bgō exō ston kosmo, Exō ston aperanto kosmo· Makari mono na mēn ētan toso prasina, toso prasina Ola ekei pera sta dasē kai tus agroys! Tha ēthela ola ta prasina phylla Na kopsō apo kathe kladi, Tha ēthela ola ta prasina chortaria Na thrēnēsō ōspu na ginun chlōma sa nekra. Ach, prasino, kako chrōma esy, Ti me koitazeis synecheia Toso perēphana, toso authadika, toso chairekaka, Emena to phtōcho leuko antra? Tha ēthela na pesō mprosta stēn porta tēs Se thyella kai brochē kai chioni. Kai na sigotragudō mera kai nychta Autē tē lexoyla monacha: Antio! Aku, otan sto dasos antēchei ena kynēgetiko korno, Tote akoygetai to parathyraki tēs! Ki an akomē ekeinē den koitazei pros emena, Egō omōs mporō na koitaxō mesa. Ō, lyse apo to metōpo su Tēn prasinē, tēn prasinē kordela· Antio, antio! Kai dōse mu Gia apochairetismo to cheri su!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Greek (Ελληνικά) copyright © 2014 by Athanasios Papaisiou, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Die böse Farbe", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 20, first published 1818
This text was added to the website: 2014-07-29
Line count: 24
Word count: 146