The stream that rolled past me | The stream that rolled past me, where is it now?

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Der Strom, der neben mir verrauschte, wo...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Der Strom, der neben mir verrauschte, wo ist er nun?
Der Vogel, dessen Lied ich lauschte, wo ist er nun?
Wo ist die Rose, die die Freundin am Herzen trug? 
Und jener Kuß, der mich berauschte, wo ist er nun?
Und jener Mensch, der ich gewesen, und den ich längst
Mit einem andern ich vertauschte, wo ist er nun?

About the headline (FAQ)

Text Authorship:

by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), appears in Gedichte, in Ghaselen, no. 17, first published 1821 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Der Strom, der neben mir verrauschte", op. 32 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge) no. 4 (1864), published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
by Friedrich von Kerstorf , "Ghasele", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf deutsche Lieder, für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The stream that rolled past me", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 59

The stream that rolled past me

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The stream that rolled past me, where is it now?
The bird to whose song I listened, where is it now?
Where is the rose that my sweetheart wore on her heart?
And that kiss that intoxicated me, where is it now?
And that man that I once was, whom long ago I exchanged
for another self - where is he now?

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:
Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
from the LiederNet Archive
For any other purpose, please write to the e-mail address below to request permission and discuss possible fees.
licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), appears in Gedichte, in Ghaselen, no. 17, first published 1821
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 61