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Vor allen Winden in der Welt Lieb' ich den Abendwind; Dort wohnt, die mir so theuer ist, Das holde, liebe Kind. Ob zwischen uns sich Wald und Strom Und Thal und Hügel ziehn: Ich denke doch bei Tag und Nacht An meine süße Jean. Ich sehe sie im Blumenthau, Seh' sie so sanft und schön; Ich höre sie im Vogelsang Auf sonnumglänzten Höhn; Die Blumen, die am Bach, im Hain Und auf der Wiese blühn, Ja, jeglich singend Vögelein Erinnert mich an Jean. O Abendwind, deß milder Hauch, Im reichen Blumenbeet, Mit frischer Blüthen Nektarduft Beladene Bien' umweht: O bringe mir die Maid zurück, Der Mund und Wange glühn! Denn jede trübe Wolke scheucht Ein Lächeln meiner Jean! Wir jauchzten oft und weinten auch, Ich und mein süßes Lieb; Ach! bitter wäre Scheidens Weh, Wenn nicht die Hoffnung blieb. -- Du weißt es, du, vor dessen Blick Der Erde Nebel fliehn, Daß mir nichts theurer auf der Welt, Als meine holde Jean.
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Confirmed with Robert Burns' Gedichte, deutsch von W. Gerhard, Leipzig, Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth, 1840, pages 119-120.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Meine Jean" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), no title, written 1788
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 Anton Florian Eckert (1820 - 1879), "Meine Jean", op. 15 (Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Vor allen Winden auf der Welt", op. 28 (12 Lieder) no. 2, 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 © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-22
Line count: 32
Word count: 161
Above all winds in the world I love the evening wind; Yonder lives she, who is so precious to me, The lovely dear child. Though wind and river and hill and valley Stretch out between us: Yet day and night I think Of my sweet Jean. I see her in the blossoms’ dew, See her so gentle and beautiful; I hear her in birdsong Upon the heights bathed in the sun’s radiance; The flowers that bloom Along the stream, in the grove, upon the meadow, Yes, every singing bird Reminds me of Jean. Oh evening wind, whose gentle breeze With the nectar-scent of fresh blossoms Wafts about the laden bee In the luxuriant flowerbed: Oh bring the maiden back to me, [Bring her] whose lips and cheeks are aglow! For every gloomy cloud is banished By a single smile of my Jean! We often rejoiced and wept as well, I and my sweet love; Ah! bitter would be the pain of parting If hope did not remain. -- You know it, you, before whose gaze The fogs of the earth scatter, That nothing in the world is dearer to me Than my lovely Jean.
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Translations of title(s):
"Vor allen Winden auf der Welt" = "Above all winds in the world"
"Meine Jean" = "My Jean"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Meine Jean"
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), no title, written 1788
This text was added to the website: 2017-02-12
Line count: 32
Word count: 193