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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Bei einer Linde
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Seh ich dich wieder, du geliebter Baum,
In dessen junge Triebe
Ich einst in jenes Frühlings schönstem Traum
Den Namen schnitt von meiner ersten Liebe?

Wie anders ist seitdem der Äste Bug,
Verwachsen und verschwunden
Im härt'ren Stamm der vielgeliebte Zug,
Wie ihre Liebe und die schönen Stunden!

Auch ich seitdem wuchs stille fort, wie du,
Und nichts an mir wollt weilen,
Doch meine Wunde wuchs - und wuchs nicht zu,
Und wird wohl niemals mehr hienieden heilen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Bei einer Linde", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe [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 Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Bei einer Linde", op. 70 (Zwei Gedichte für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Krzysztof Penderecki (1933 - 2020), "Bei einer Linde", 2005, first performed 2005 [ voices and orchestra ], from Symphony No. 8: Piesni Przemijania (Songs of Transitoriness) (Lieder der Vergänglichkeit), no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Slawitzky , "Bei einer Linde", op. 22 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ethel Mary Smyth, Dame (1858 - 1944), "Bei einer Linde", op. 3 (Lieder und Balladen für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1886 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by August Walter (1821 - 1896), "Bei einer Linde", op. 11 (Drei Gesänge) no. 2, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner, Ed. no. 2057 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Près d'un tilleul", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 77

Près d'un tilleul
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Te reverrai-je, cher arbre ?
Sur tes jeunes pousses,
J'ai, un jour, durant ce printemps beau comme un rêve,
Gravé le nom de mon premier amour.

Comme la cime des branches a changé depuis, 
Elle s'est fermée et a disparu
Dans le tronc durci la trace de mon amour,
Comme son amour et les heures magnifiques.

Depuis j'ai aussi grandi en silence, comme toi,
Et rien de moi ne veut s'attarder,
Pourtant ma blessure a grandi sans cesse
Et ne peut jamais guérir ici-bas.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2018 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Bei einer Linde", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe
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This text was added to the website: 2018-11-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 83

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