By the brook stands a linden tree | By the brook stands a linden tree, there it's good to dream

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by Adolf Grimminger (1827 - 1903)

Translation © by Johann Winkler

Am Bach steht a Linde

Language: Alemannic

Our translations: ENG

Am Bach steht a Linde, do träumt sich's wol schön,
wenn Sternle am Himmel zu Tausenden steh'n,
wenn leis' aus der Ferne die Nachtigall grüßt
und heimlich und traulich zu zweien man küsst.

So oft i des Plätzle von Weitem no seh',
do wird mer im Herze so schwer und so weh'.
Ach, d'Lind' und die Sterne, die wisse gar gut,
wer oft mit sei'm Schätzle glückselig dort g'ruht.

Wol grünt no die Linde wie ehmals im Grund,
doch kann's mer net helfe und macht mi net g'sund.
Net weit ist a Mühle, die aber steht leer,
und i war einst glücklich, jetzt bin i's net mehr.

Text Authorship:

by Adolf Grimminger (1827 - 1903) [author's text not yet checked 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 Max Zenger (1837 - 1911), "Am Bach steht a Linde", op. 10 (Drei Lieder im schwäbischen Volkston, für Mezzo-Sopran mit Begleitung von Violine, Violoncello und Pianoforte oder mit Pianoforte allein) no. 2, published 1873 [ mezzo-soprano and violin, cello, and piano (or piano alone) ], Hamburg, Schuberth [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Johann Winkler) , "By the brook stands a linden tree", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2025-01-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 107

By the brook stands a linden tree

Language: English after the Alemannic

By the brook stands a linden tree, there it's good to dream,
when the stars stand in the sky by the thousands,
when softly from afar the nightingale greets
and two lovers kiss each other secretly and cosily.

Whenever I see the spot from afar,
my heart becomes heavy and weary.
The linden tree and the stars, they know well,
who happily rested there with his beloved.

The linden tree is still as green as before,
but it can't help me nor cure me.
Not far from there is a mill, but it's abandoned now,
and I have been happy once, but not so any more.

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a text in Alemannic by Adolf Grimminger (1827 - 1903)
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This text was added to the website: 2025-01-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 106