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In goldnen Abendschein getauchet Wie feierlich die Wälder stehn! In leise Stimmen der Vöglein hauchet Des Abendwindes leises Wehn. Was lispeln die Winde, die Vögelein? Sie lispeln die Welt in Schlummer ein. Ihr Wünsche, die ihr stets euch reget Im Herzen sonder Rast und Ruh'; Du Sehnen, das die Brust beweget, Wann ruhest du, wann schlummerst du? Beim Lispeln der Winde, der Vögelein, Ihr sehnenden Wünsche, wann schlaft ihr ein? Was kommt gezogen auf Traumesflügeln? Was weht mich an so bang, so hold? Es kommt gezogen von fernen Hügeln, Es kommt auf bebendem Sonnengold. Wohl lispeln die Winde, die Vögelein; Das Sehnen, das Sehnen, es schläft nicht ein. Ach, wenn nicht mehr in [goldne]1 Fernen Mein Geist auf [Traumgefieder]2 eilt, Nicht mehr an ewig fernen Sternen Mit sehnendem Blick mein Auge weilt; Dann lispeln die Winde, die Vögelein Mit meinem Sehnen mein Leben ein.
J. Brahms sets stanzas 1-2, 4
J. André sets stanzas 1-2, 4
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Friedrich Rückerts Werke in sechs Bänden, herausgegeben von Ludwig Laistner, Zweiter Band, Stuttgart, Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1896, pages 96-97.
1 André: "gold'nen"2 André: "Traumgefilden"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Gestillte Sehnsucht", appears in Jugendlieder, first published 1816 [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 Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Gestillte Sehnsucht", op. 69 (Vier zweistimmige Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1849 [ vocal duet with piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Baptiste André (1823 - 1882), "Sehnsucht", op. 15 (Acht Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 7, published 1853, stanzas 1-2,4 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach a./M., Joh. André [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Gestillte Sehnsucht", op. 91 (Zwei Gesänge für Alt mit Bratsche und Pianoforte) no. 1 (1884), published 1884, stanzas 1-2,4 [ alto, viola, piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Gestillte Sehnsucht", op. 56 (6 Lieder) no. 1, published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann von Haszlinger , "Gestillte Sehnsucht", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Rebling (1821 - 1902), "Gestillte Sehnsucht", op. 8 no. 1, published 1848 [ vocal trio for three sopranos with piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Schmidt (1816 - 1882), "Gestillte Sehnsucht", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published <<1848 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Sílvia Pujalte Piñán) , "Anhel apaivagat", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Gestild verlangen", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Désir apaisé", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Desiderio placato", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 146
Steeped in a golden evening glow, how solemnly the forests stand! In gentle voices the little birds breathe into the soft fluttering of evening breezes. What does the wind whisper, and the little birds? They whisper the world into slumber. You, my desires, that stir in my heart without rest or peace! You longings that move my heart, When will you rest, when will you sleep? By the whispering of the wind, and of the little birds? You yearning desires, when will you fall asleep? What will come of these dreamy flights? What stirs me so anxiously, so sweetly? It comes pulling me from far-off hills, It comes from the trembling gold of the sun. The wind whispers loudly, as do the little birds; The longing, the longing - it will not fall asleep. Alas, when no longer into the golden distance does my spirit hurry on dream-wings, when no more on the eternally distant stars does my longing gaze rest; Then the wind and the little birds will whisper away my longing, along with my life.
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Translated titles:
"Gestillte Sehnsucht" = "Stilled longing"
"Sehnsucht" = "Longing"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Gestillte Sehnsucht", appears in Jugendlieder, first published 1816
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 176