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Mein Wagen rollet langsam Durch lustiges Waldesgrün, Durch blumige Taler, die zaubrisch Im Sonnenglanze blühn. Ich sitze und sinne und träume, Und denk' an die Liebste mein; Da grüßen drei Schattengestalten Kopfnickend zum Wagen herein. Sie hüpfen und schneiden Gesichter, So spöttisch und doch so scheu, Und quirlen wie Nebel zusammen, Und kichern und huschen vorbei.
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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 158.
Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 54 [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 Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Mein Wagen rollet langsam", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Herbstzyklus, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz, Graf von Schaffgotsch , "Mein Wagen rollet langsam" [ bass and piano ], from Drei Lieder für eine Baßstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 1, Wien: Adolf Bösendorfer [no year] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Mein Wagen rollet langsam", op. posth. 142 (Vier Gesänge) no. 4 (1840), published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Waldesfahrt", op. 69 (Fünf kleine Lieder nach Gedichten von Achim von Arnim und Heinrich Heine) no. 4 (1918), published 1919 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marcel Tyberg (1893 - 1944), "Mein Wagen rollet langsam" [ voice and piano ], from Song Cycle from Heinrich Heine's Lyrischen Intermezzo, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Mein Wagen rollet langsam", 1921 [ voice and piano ], from 9 Lieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Oscar Strasnoy (b. 1970), "Die Linde blühte, die Nachtigall sang" [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Heine, no. 8
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "My cart rolls slowly", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 54, first published 1827
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il mio carro va piano", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 56
Ma voiture roule doucement Dans la riante verdure de la forêt, Parmi les fleurs des vallons , ensorcelante Floraison sous l'éclat du soleil. Je suis assis, songe et rêve, Et pense à ma bien-aimée ; Soudain trois ectoplasmes me saluent D'un signe de tête s'invitant dans la voiture. Ils sautillent et grimacent, Si narquois et pourtant timides, Et comme un tourbillon de brouillard, Ils passent en trottant et en ricanant.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Pierre Mathé, (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 Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 54
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 70