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by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898)

Jetzt rede du!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Du warest mir ein täglich Wanderziel,
Viellieber Wald, in dumpfen Jugendtagen,
Ich hatte dir geträumten Glücks so viel
Anzuvertraun, so wahren Schmerz zu klagen.

Und wieder [such' ich dich, du dunkler Hort]1,
Und deines Wipfelmeers gewaltig Rauschen -
Jetzt rede du! Ich lasse dir das Wort!
Verstummt ist Klag und Jubel. Ich will lauschen.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   K. Löbl 

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Confirmed with Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Gedichte, Leipzig: H. Haessel, 1882. Appears in 2. Stunde, page 42. Note: this is a later version of "Der Bergwald".

1 Löbl: "sah ich dich, du dunkler Horst"

Text Authorship:

  • by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Jetzt rede du!", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Stunde [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 Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Jetzt rede du!", op. 9 (Fünf Gedichte für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1895 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Albert Decker , "Jetzt rede du", published 1893 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Wien, Jungmann & Lerch [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Jetzt rede du!", op. 123 (6 Lieder für Bariton und Klavier) no. 2 (1945) [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Siegmund von Hausegger (1872 - 1948), "Jetzt rede du", published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 12, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Jetzt rede du!", op. 114 no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Maria Löbl (1911 - 1942), "Jetzt rede du!" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Jetzt rede du!", op. 60 no. 28 (1946) [ medium voice and piano ], from Das stille Leuchten: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, no. 28, Wien: Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Georg Schumann (1866 - 1952), "Jetzt rede du!", op. 14 (Lieder für Gesang und Klavier) no. 1, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, F. E. C. Leuckart [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by James Martin Simon (1880 - 1944), "Jetzt rede du!", op. 6 (Lieder) no. 3 (1912) [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Eduard Gustav Sabbath, Max Stange.

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Tor Hedberg (1862 - 1931) ; composed by Ture Rangström.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Now you speak!", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Maintenant parle !", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Jakob Kellner , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 55

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