'Midst the quiet of the woods last night (Anonymous) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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Waldeinsamkeit

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): ENG FRE

Gestern abend in der stillen Ruh',
Sah ich im Wald einer Amsel zu;
Als ich da so saß,
Meiner ganz vergaß:
Kommt mein Schatz und schleichet sich um mich
Und küsset mich.

So viel Laub als an der Linden ist
Und so viel tausendmal hat mich mein Schatz geküßt;
Denn ich muß gesteh'n,
Es hat's niemand geseh'n,
Und die Amsel soll mein Zeuge sein:
Wir war'n allein.

Authorship

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Frankish. [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 76 (Schlichte Weisen) no. 3 (1903-4). [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Solitude in the woods", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Seuls dans la forêt", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)

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Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:54
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

'Midst the quiet of the woods last night

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

'Midst the quiet of the woods last night
I grew absorbed in a blackbird’s flight;
While I rested there,
Thought were any where!
Steals my sweetheart round a linden tree
And kisses me.
 
Many leaves upon the linden grow;
As many kisses then I felt my love bestow;
True, I must admit,
That no soul witnessed it,
To the blackbird it is only known:
We were alone.

About the headline (FAQ)

From a Reger score in the book Sang und Klang.

Authorship

Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on

a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Frankish.

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Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

Text added to the website: 2016-12-04 00:00:00
Last modified: 2016-12-04 13:57:58
Line count: 12
Word count: 67