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Es wehet kühl und leise Die Luft durch dunkle Auen, Und nur der Himmel lächelt Aus tausend hellen Augen. Es regt nur Eine Seele Sich in [der Meere]1 Brausen, Und in den leisen Worten, Die durch die Blätter rauschen. So tönt in Welle Welle, Wo Geister heimlich trauren; So folgen Worte Worten, Wo Geister Leben hauchen. Durch alle Töne tönet Im bunten Erdentraume [Ein]2 leiser Ton gezogen, Für den, der heimlich lauschet.
Confirmed with Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1802. Herausgegeben von A. W. Schlegel und L. Tieck. Tübingen, in der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1802, page 156; and with Friedrich Schlegel's sämmtliche Werke. Erster Band. Gedichte. Berlin, bei Julius Eduard Hitzig, 1809, page 33.
1 Schubert: "des Meeres"2 Schubert: "Ein, nur ein"
Authorship
- by Friedrich von Schlegel (1772 - 1829), "Die Gebüsche", appears in Abendröte, in Zweiter Teil, no. 10, first published 1802 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Gebüsche", D 646 (1819), published 1885 [ voice, piano ], Friedlaender VII, Leipzig [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Els matossars", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De bosjes", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "The undergrowth", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les buissons", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 72
There is a cool and gentle movement In the air going across the dark meadows, And only the sky smiles From a thousand bright eyes. Only a single soul is stirring In the roaring of the sea, And in the gentle words Which are rustling through the leaves. Thus wave echoes wave Where spirits grieve in secret; Thus words follow words, Where spirits breathe life. Resounding amongst all the notes In the colourful dreams of earth, A single faint note rings out For the person who is secretly paying attention.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by Malcolm Wren, (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 von Schlegel (1772 - 1829), "Die Gebüsche", appears in Abendröte, in Zweiter Teil, no. 10, first published 1802
This text was added to the website: 2018-08-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 90