[War es also]1 gemeint, Mein rauschender Freund, Dein Singen, dein Klingen, War es also gemeint? Zur Müllerin hin! So lautet der Sinn. Gelt, hab' ich's verstanden? Zur Müllerin hin! Hat sie dich geschickt? Oder hast mich berückt? Das möcht' ich noch wissen, Ob sie dich geschickt. Nun wie's auch mag sein, Ich gebe mich drein: Was ich [such', ist gefunden]2, Wie's immer mag sein. Nach Arbeit ich frug, Nun hab ich genug, Für die Hände, für's Herze Vollauf genug!
J. Lang sets stanza 1
P. von Decker sets stanzas 1-2, 3(lines1-2), 4-5
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Erstes Bändchen. Zweite Auflage. Deßau 1826. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 11-12; and with Sieben und siebzig Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Dessau, 1821. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 12-13.
1 Merxhausen (Decker): "War's also"; Wustrow: "War es so"; further changes may exist not noted.2 Merxhausen (Decker): "sucht' ist gefunden"; Müller (1821 edition), and Schubert: " such', hab' ich funden"
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Danksagung an den Bach", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 5, first published 1821 [author's text checked 2 times 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 (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Danksagung an den Bach", op. 5 (Fünf Gedichte) no. 1 (1833), published 1833 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pauline von Decker (1811 - 1882), as Paul Friedrich Merxhausen, "Danksagung an den Bach", published 1865?, stanzas 1-2,3(lines1-2),4-5 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 3, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Müller [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Ungeduld", stanza 1 [ voice and piano ], unpublished, undated, incomplete [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Danksagung an den Bach", op. 25 no. 4, D 795 no. 4 (1823), from Die schöne Müllerin, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by A. F. Wustrow , "Danksagung an den Bach", op. 15 (9 Gesänge) no. 5, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Westphal ; note: incipit given as "War es so gemeint" (Hofmeister) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Agraïment al rierol", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Dankwoord aan de beek", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Giving thanks to the brook", copyright ©
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kiitoslaulu purolle ", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Remerciements au ruisseau", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , "Ευχαριστίες στο ρυάκι", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Ringraziamento al ruscello", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "시냇물에 대한 감사", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Caê Vieira) , "Agradecimento ao Rio", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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