Leave-taking | Oh, you my dear oak forest,

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by Theodor Souchay (1833 - 1903)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Abschied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

O, du mein lieber Eichenwald, . . .
Dich soll ich nun verlassen,
In dem so oft mein Lied erschallt, . . . 
Mein Herz kann's nimmer fassen.

Wem soll ich künftig denn vertraun
Mein Hoffen und mein Zagen, --
Kann dich mein Auge nicht mehr schaun, --
Du Tröster meiner Klagen?

Ach, hört' ich in der Ferne bloß
Die grünen Kronen rauschen,
Mein treu'ster Freund, mein Leidgenoß,
Wer wird, wie du, mir lauschen?

Der Jäger bläst, . . . das Lied verhallt, . . .
Das klingt so trüb', so trübe, . . .
Fahr wohl, mein herzgeliebter Wald,
Mein Freund und meine Liebe!

Confirmed with Theodor Souchay, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Karl Aue, 1873, page 136.

Text Authorship:

by Theodor Souchay (1833 - 1903), "Abschied", written 1863, appears in Gedichte, in Nordalbingische Heimatsklänge [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 Gustav Krug (1844 - 1902), "Abschied", op. 29 (Fünf Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 4, published 1885 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Leave-taking", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2023-09-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 103

Leave‑taking

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Oh, you my dear oak forest, . . .
I am now to leave you,
You in whom my song rang out so often . . .
My heart can never comprehend it.

To whom shall I in future entrust
My hopes and my apprehensions, --
If my eyes may no longer look upon you, --
You comforter of my laments?

Ah, if I only heard the green treetops
Soughing in the distance,
My truest friend, my fellow sufferer,
Who shall listen to me, as you were wont to do?

The hunter blows [his horn], . . . the song fades away, . . . 
It sounds so drear, so dreary, . . .
Farewell, my fervently loved forest,
My friend and my love!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Theodor Souchay (1833 - 1903), "Abschied", written 1863, appears in Gedichte, in Nordalbingische Heimatsklänge
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This text was added to the website: 2023-09-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 122