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Mein Lieb' ist das Bächlein, Das Bächlein im Wald, Es sprudelt durch Schatten [Durch]1 Sonnenschein bald; Und schau' ich vom Ufer In's Wasser hinein, Kein Spiegel kann klarer, Kann reiner nicht sein; Steh' fern ich am Hügel, Winkt's immer noch hold, Blitzt hell durch die Büsche, Wie Silber und Gold; Und wird's meinem Auge Vom Laub noch verhüllt, So hör' ich wie's [drunter]2 Seinen Eimer noch füllt; Dann tönt's aus dem Dunkel So treu an mein Ohr, Und plaudert von Sehnsucht Und Heimweh mir vor.
Confirmed with Deutsche Dichterhalle des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, von Dr. J. Schenkel. Nach dessen Tode neu bearbeitet und vermehrt von Dr. F.C. Paldamus, Zweiter Band, Mainz: Verlag von C.F. Kunze, 1856, page 469
1 Vagedes: "Und"2 Vagedes: "drunten"
Authorship:
- by Gustav Pfarrius (1800 - 1884), "Mein Lieb' ist das Bächlein" [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 Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Mein Lieb' ist das Bächlein", op. 184 (Sechs Lieder für Mittelstimme) no. 3, published 1859 [ medium voice and piano ], Hamburg, Meyer und Bartels [sung text checked 1 time]
- by H. Vagedes , "Mein Lieb ist das Bächlein", published 1869 [ low voice and piano? ], from Waldlieder für tiefere Stimme , no. 6, Köln, Schloss [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "The brooklet is my devotion", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "My love is the brooklet", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: John H. Campbell , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 86
My love is the brooklet, The brooklet in the forest; It bubbles now through shadows, [Now]1 through sunshine; And when from the bank I gaze into the water, No mirror could be more clear, Could be more pure; When I stand far away by the hill, I still see it beckoning beautifully, Through the bushes it flashes brightly Like silver and gold; And even when leaves Conceal it from my eyes, I hear how [under the leaves]2 It is still filling its bucket; Then from the darkness its sounds Come to my ear so faithfully, And prattle to me of yearning And of homesickness.
1 Vagedes: "And now"
2 Vagedes: "down below"
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 Gustav Pfarrius (1800 - 1884), "Mein Lieb' ist das Bächlein"
This text was added to the website: 2017-07-01
Line count: 20
Word count: 105