The brown heather stares at me

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by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Die braune Haide starrt mich an

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Die braune Haide starrt mich an,
   Am Himmel bangt die Nacht -
Ach! daß ich nicht vergessen kann,
   Hat mich in Leid gebracht.

Komm, wilder Sturm, zerreiße du,
   Der Wolken schwarzen Flor
Und sing mein wildes Herz in Ruh
   Mit deinem tollsten Chor!

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Text Authorship:

by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887), "Auf der Haide", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch: Lieder, no. 36, first published 1848 [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 Fritz Kauffmann (1855 - 1934), "Die braune Haide starrt mich an", op. 24 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Die braune Haide starrt mich an", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1877 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Die braune Heide starrt mich an", 1889-91 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Julius Schäffer (1823 - 1902), "Sturmlied", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 42

The brown heather stares at me

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The brown heather stares at me,
   As night threatens in the sky -
Ah! I can’t forget that
   Which has brought me sorrow.

Come, wild storm, burst
   the black pile of clouds
And sing my wild heart to peace
   with your ferocious choir!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887), "Auf der Haide", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch: Lieder, no. 36, first published 1848
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This text was added to the website: 2015-09-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 42