The forest-chapel | Where in the depths of the firwood

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by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die Waldkapelle

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wo tief im Tannengrunde
  So friedlich äst das Wild,
Steht an geweihter Stelle
Die kleine Waldkapelle 
  Mit ihrem Gnadenbild.
 
Der Epheu und die Rose
  Umrankt das Bild von Stein;
Die Vöglein in den Zweigen,
Sie laden durch ihr Schweigen
  Hier still zum Beten ein.

Habt Rast, ihr Hirsch' und Rehe,
  Hab Rast, mein Roß, auch du!
Kein Jagdruf soll euch schrecken,
Kein Horn den Wald erwecken
  Aus tiefer Mittagsruh.

Confirmed with Gedichte von Georg Scherer, vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Berlin, Wien: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1894, page 17

Text Authorship:

by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909), "Die Waldkapelle", appears in Gedichte von Georg Scherer, in 1. Erstes Buch [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 Ignaz Brüll (1846 - 1907), "Die Waldkapelle", op. 59 (Zwei Männerchöre) no. 1, published 1889 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The forest-chapel", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Brigitta Grünbauer

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-10
Line count: 15
Word count: 69

The forest‑chapel

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Where in the depths of the firwood
  The beasts graze so peacefully,
There at a consecrated spot
Stands the little forest-chapel
  With its shrine.

Ivy and rose twine about
  The image made of stone;
The birds in the branches,
With their silence they invite one
  Here to quiet prayer.

Rest, ye elks and deer,
  Take rest, my horse, you too!
No hunting call shall startle you,
No horn shall waken the forest
  From its deep midday rest.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909), "Die Waldkapelle", appears in Gedichte von Georg Scherer, in 1. Erstes Buch
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This text was added to the website: 2017-08-03
Line count: 15
Word count: 77