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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Bei nächtlicher Weil, an ein's Waldes...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Bei nächtlicher Weil, an ein's Waldes Born,
Tat ein Jäger gar trauriglich stehen,
An der Hütte hängt stumm sein güldenes Horn,
Wild im Winde die Haare ihm wehen, ja wehen.

Die du dich im Träumen gezeiget mir,
Traute Nixe, schaff Ruh meiner Seelen,
Du meines Lebens alleinige Zier,
Was willst du mich ewiglich quälen, ja quälen?

So klagt er, und rauschend tönts hervor
Aus des Quelles tief untersten Gründen.
Wie ein Menschenlaut zu des Jägers Ohr:
Komm herein, so tust Ruhe du finden, ja finden.

Da stürzet der Jäger sich stracks hinein
In die Tiefe, bald ist er verschwunden,
Dort unten empfaht ihn das Liebchen fein,
Seine Ruh hat er endlich gefunden, ja funden.

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Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Süddeutsche Weise [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Der Jäger", WoO. 32 no. 2 (1858), published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 2, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Der Jäger", WoO. posth. 37 no. 11 (1859-60) [ SSAA chorus ], from 16 Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Bei nächtlicher Weil", WoO. 34 (Vierzehn deutsche Volkslieder) no. 3, published 1865 [ SATB chorus ], from Deutsche Volkslieder für gemischten Chor, no. 3, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Albert Levinsohn (d. c1907), "Bei nächtlicher Weil' an 'nes Waldes Born", op. 12 (Vier Romanzen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Ernst Arnold Werner Nolopp (1835 - 1903), "Wassermaid", op. 30 (Drei vierstimmige Männergesänge) no. 2, published 1886 [ four-part men's chorus ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Vlg. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Der Jäger und die Nixe" [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 © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • 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: 16
Word count: 114

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