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I wander through the wood and weep, The thrush sits on the tree And gladly chirps and sweetly sings, What ails it now with thee. The swallows who thy sisters are, Can answer thee right well For in their nests, ah happy they, By my love’s house they dwell.
Authorship
- by Mary Alexander (1806 - 1859) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 4
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805 - 1847), "I wander through the wood and weep", 1834, published 1995, from Three poems by Heinrich Heine in the translations of Mary Alexander, no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]
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- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Lau Kanen [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2017-06-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 49
Ik wandel door het bos en schrei, Zie ’n lijster in een boom, Zij tjilpt heel blij en zingt heel lief: Waarom die tranenstroom? “De zwaluwen, jouw zusters toch, Hebben ’t antwoord in hun kraam; Hun nest zit mooi, zij boffen zeer, Vlak bij mijn vriend zijn raam.”
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- a text in English by Mary Alexander (1806 - 1859)
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 4
This text was added to the website: 2017-06-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 48