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Ich [habe]1 ein kleines Lied erdacht Und [hab']2 es gesungen hinaus in die Nacht, Die Wasser der Muhle rauschten Zwei Vöglein saßen im Lindenbaum, [Verborgen den Kopf im weichen Flaum]3 Und lauschten. Ich weiß nicht, wer es verrathen hat, Der Gießbach oder das Lindenblatt, Der Nachtwind oder die Meise -- Mein Lied von der Herzenskönigin, Heut' sang es die schöne Müllerin Ganz leise.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Die Gegenwart. Wochenschrift für Literatur, Kunst und öffentliches Leben, ed. by Theophil Zolling, Band 37, Berlin, Verlag von Georg Stilke, 1890, page 95.
1 Bungert: "hab' "2 Bungert: "habe"
3 Bungert: "Sie hüllten den Kopf in den weichen Flaum"
Authorship
- by Gustav von Boddien (1814 - 1870), no title [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 (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Ganz leise", op. 49 no. 9, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Neue Volkslieder nach alten und neuen Gedichte und Handwerker-Lieder, no. 9, Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Collischonn , "Ganz leise", published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], from [Sechs] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Frankfurt a/M., (Steyl & Thomas.) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Johann Eichberg (1855 - 1919), "Wer es verrathen hat?", op. 10 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Eulenburg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Verrath", op. 50 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Stern & Ollendorff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Ganz leise", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Steingräber [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Ogarew (b. 1857?), "Verrathen", op. 84 no. 1, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 4, Leipzig, Lichtenberger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Siebmann , "Ganz leise", op. 62 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Ganz leise", op. 14 ([Drei] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2 (1889/90), published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, (Leede.) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 62
I made up a little song And I sang it out into the night. The waters of the mill were rushing. Two birds sat in the lime tree, They snuggled their heads into their soft down And listened. I do not know who made it known, The bourne? or the leaves of the lime tree, The night wind or the chickadee. My song about the queen of my heart, The beautiful miller's maid sang it today Quite softly.
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Translated titles:"Verrath" = "Betrayal"
"Verrathen" = "Betrayed"
"Ganz leise" = "Quite softly"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Gustav von Boddien (1814 - 1870), no title
This text was added to the website: 2015-03-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 78