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Ich ging unter Erlen am kühligen Bach, Und dachte wohl manchem und manchem wohl nach: Es war mir im Herzen so leicht und so wohl; Doch wurden von Thränen die Augen mir voll. Es entschwebte den säuselnden [Wellen]1 das Bild Von meiner Geliebten, holdselig und mild; Da sank ich ans Ufer ins schwellende Moos, Mir stürzten die Thränen [hinab]2 in den Schoß. Nun lag ich im Schatten am kühligen Bach, Und dachte wohl manchem und manchem wohl nach: Die Nachtigall sang, und es rauschte der Bach; Ich dachte dem einen und einen nur nach. Schon flammten die Wolken im rötenden Strahl, Schon senkten sich bräunere Schatten ins Thal, Schon bebte durch Erlen der Mond auf dem Bach; Ich dachte dem einen und einen nur nach. Nun wankt' ich von dannen mit weinendem Blick, Und sah nach dem Bach und den Erlen zurück: Sie schwanden; es schwand nicht das liebliche Bild, Das immer und immer die Seele mir füllt.
1 Nägeli: "Winde"
2 Nägeli: "herab"
Authorship
- by Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750 - 1819), "Lied", written 1781 [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 Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Lied", published 1794 [voice and piano], in Lieder in Musik gesetzt, Erste Sammlung, Zürich, Verlag des Verfassers [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751 - 1802), "Lied", published 1794 [voice and piano], from Gesaenge mit Begleitung des Fortepiano von Corona Schroeter, zweyte Sammlung, no. 6, Weimar: In Commission bey dem Industrie Comptoir [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Song", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2010-06-23
Line count: 20
Word count: 158
I walked under alders at the cooling brook, And thought indeed of this and that: My heart felt so light and happy; But my eyes became filled with tears. From the susurrant [waves]1 the image of my beloved Wafted forth, lovely and gentle; Then I sank into the swelling moss on the bank, My tears plunged down into my lap. Now I lay in the shadow beside the cooling brook, And thought indeed of this and that: The nightingale sang, and the brook rippled; I thought of this and only this. Already the clouds flamed in reddening beams, The browner shadows already sank into the valley, Through the alders, the moon already trembled upon the brook; I thought of this and only this. Now I tottered away from there with weeping eyes, And looked back to the brook and alders: They vanished; but the lovely image that ever and ever Fills my soul, did not vanish.
1 Nägeli: "winds"
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- 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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750 - 1819), "Lied", written 1781
This text was added to the website: 2017-05-13
Line count: 20
Word count: 156