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Fließ, murmelnder Afton, die Hügel entlang; Fließ ruhig und lausche dem liebenden Sang! Meine Mary schläft unter'm Apfelbaum: Fließ ruhig und störe sie nicht im Traum! Holztaube, die dort im Walde girrt, Ihr Amseln, die ihr durch Dornen schwirrt; Grünkämmiger Kiebitz, wo schwippst du hin? Ich bitt' euch, stört nicht die Schläferin! O Afton, wie heiter die Hügel sind, Durch die deine spielende Welle rinnt! Hier schau' ich, gelehnt über meinen Stab, Auf Mary's Hütt' und die Heerde hinab. Wie duftig dein Rand im Thale so grün, Wo lustig die goldenen Primeln blühn! Im Birkenschatten saßen wir dort, Und wechselten manches vertrauliche Wort. Du hüpfst um die Hütte, wo Mary wohnt, Schmiegst um ihr Füßchen dich, reich belohnt! Nicht wahr, mein Bächlein, bist hochbeglückt, Wenn Blumen die Holde, dich hemmend, pflückt? - Fließ, murmelnder Aston, die Hügel entlang, Fließ ruhig, o Bächlein, und höre den Sang! Meine Mary schläft unter'm Apfelbaum: Fließ ruhig und störe sie nicht im Traum!
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Confirmed with Robert Burns’ Gedichte, deutsch von W. Gerhard, Leipzig: Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth., 1840, pages 201-202
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Mary schlummert", first published 1840? [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), no title
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Mary schlummert", op. 22 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 (1847) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Fliess, murmelnder Afton ", op. 28 (12 Lieder) no. 12, published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-22
Line count: 24
Word count: 159
Flow, murmuring Afton, along the hills; Flow quietly and harken to the lovely singing! My Mary is sleeping under the apple tree: Flow quietly and do not disturb her in her dreams! Wood-dove, who coos in the forest, You blackbirds, who whirr through the thorns; Green-crested plover, whither do you flit? I beg you, do not disturb the sleeping one! Oh Afton, how bright are the hills Through which your playful waves run! Here, leaning upon my staff, I gaze Down upon Mary’s cottage and the flock. How scented are your shores in the green valley, Where the golden primulas bloom merrily! We sat there in the shadow of the birches, And exchanged many an intimate word. You leap about the cottage where Mary dwells, You nestle up to her feet, richly rewarded! Is it not true, my brooklet, that you are delighted When the lovely one picks the flowers that frame you? - Flow, murmuring Afton, along the hills; Flow quietly, oh brooklet, and harken to the singing! My Mary is sleeping under the apple tree: Flow quietly and do not disturb her in her dreams!
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Translated titles:"Mary schlummert" = "Mary slumbers"
"Fließ, murmelnder Afton" = "Flow, murmuring Afton"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Mary schlummert", first published 1840?
Based on:
- a text in English by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), no title
This text was added to the website: 2016-11-25
Line count: 24
Word count: 187