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So scheiden wir mit Sang und Klang: Leb wohl, du schöner Wald! Mit deinem kühlen Schatten, Mit deinen grünen Matten, Du süßer Aufenthalt! Wir singen auf dem Heimweg noch Ein Lied der Dankbarkeit: Lad' ein wie heut' uns wieder Auf Laubesduft und Lieder Zur schönen Maienzeit! Schaut hin! von fern noch hört's der Wald In seiner Abendruh; Die Wipfel möcht' er neigen, Er rauschet mit den Zweigen, Lebt wohl! ruft er uns zu.
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Confirmed with Kinderlieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Erste vollständige Ausgabe besorgt von Dr. Lionel von Donop, Zweite Auflage, Berlin: G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1878, page 60.
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Leb wohl, du schöner Wald!", appears in Kinderlieder [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 Behr (1837 - 1898), "Leb wohl, du schöner Wald", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Langensalza, Schulbuchhandlung [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Erk (1807 - 1883), "Leb wohl, du schöner Wald!", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Alte und neue Kinderlieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, no. 16 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Leb wohl, du schöner Wald", op. 55 no. 5, published 1857 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from 5 Gedichte von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Wien, Spina [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Filke , "Leb' wohl, du schöner Wald", op. 15 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 3, published 1891 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig: C.F.W. Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Hoffmann (1830 - 1870), "Leb' wohl, du schöner Wald", op. 37 (Vier Lieder für vier Männerstimmen) no. 1, published 1892 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard Schuster , "Lebe wohl, du schöner Wald", op. 12 (Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-09
Line count: 15
Word count: 73
Thus we depart with singing and ringing: Farewell, you beautiful forest! With your cool shadows, With your green meadows, You sweet place of sojourning! Upon the homeward way yet we sing A song of gratitude: Invite us again, as you did today, To the scent of leaves and to songs In the beautiful time of May! Look hither! from afar the forest still hears it In its evening rest; It wishes to incline its treetops, It soughs with its branches, It calls Farewell! to us.
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Translations of titles:
"Lebe wohl, du schöner Wald" = "Farewell, you beautiful forest"
"Leb wohl, du schöner Wald!" = "Farewell, you beautiful forest!"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Leb wohl, du schöner Wald!", appears in Kinderlieder
This text was added to the website: 2025-08-30
Line count: 15
Word count: 85