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Ich hab ein Bächlein funden Vom Städtchen ziemlich weit, Da [bin]1 ich manche Stunden In stiller Einsamkeit. Ich thät mir gleich erkiesen Ein Plätzchen kühles Moos; Da sitz' ich, und da fließen Mir Thränen in den Schooß. Für dich, für dich nur wallet Mein jugendliches Blut; Doch, leise nur erschallet Dein Nam' an dieser Flut. Ich fürchte, daß mich täusche Ein Lauscher aus der Stadt; Es schreckt mich das Geräusche Von jedem [Pappelblatt]2. Ich wünsche mir zurücke Den flüchtigsten Genuß; In jedem Augenblicke Fühl ich den Abschiedskuß. Es ward mir wohl und bange, [Als]3 mich dein Arm umschloß, [Als]3 noch auf meine Wange Dein letztes Thränchen floß! Von meinem Blumenhügel Sah ich dir lange nach; Ich wünschte mir die Flügel Der Täubchen auf dem Dach; Nun glaub' ich zu vergehen Mit jedem Augenblick. Willst du dein Liebchen sehen, So komme bald zurück!
J. Kraus sets stanzas 1-2, 4
Confirmed with Gedichte der Brüder Christian und Friedrich Leopold Grafen zu Stolberg. herausgegeben von Heinrich Christian Boie. Leipzig, in der Weygandschen Buchhandlung. 1779, pages 97-98; and with Poetische Blumenlese Für das Jahr 1776. Von den Verfassern der bisherigen Göttinger Blumenlese [...] Herausgegeben von J. H. Voß. Lauenburg, gedruckt bey Johann Georg Berenberg, pages 105-106.
1 Zumsteeg: "sitz'"2 Stolberg (1776 edition): "Weidenblatt"
3 Zumsteeg: "Da"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750 - 1819), "Daphne am Bach", written 1775, first published 1776 [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 Joseph Martin Kraus (1756 - 1792), "Daphne am Bach", VB 83 (1783), stanzas 1-2,4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Luise Reichardt (1779 - 1826), "Daphne am Bach" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Daphne am Bach", D 411 (1816), published 1887 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760 - 1802), "Daphne am Bach", published 1803, from Kleine Balladen und Lieder, Heft V, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Dafne al rierol", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Daphne bij de beek", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I have found a brook", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Daphné au bord du ruisseau", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 147
I have found a brook quite far from town, and I spend many hours there in quiet solitude. Every time I choose the same spot in the cool moss; there I sit and there I let my tears run into my lap. For you, for you my youthful blood seethes; yet only very softly do I whisper your name to the water. I am afraid that some eavesdropper will betray me to the town; I am alarmed whenever the leaves of the poplar tree rustle. I wish myself back to those fleeting pleasures; In every moment I feel your parting kiss. It makes me both happy and anxious, as if your arms still embraced me, as if my cheeks once again were moistened by your last tears! From my flowery hill I gazed after you for a long time; I wished I had wings like the dove on the roof; now I think I will die at any moment. If you wish to see your beloved again, come back soon!
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 Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750 - 1819), "Daphne am Bach", written 1775, first published 1776
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 171