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[Ich hört' ein Bächlein]1 rauschen Wohl aus dem Felsenquell, Hinab zum Tale rauschen So frisch und wunderhell. Ich weiß nicht, wie mir wurde, Nicht, wer den Rath mir gab, Ich mußte [gleich]2 hinunter Mit meinem Wanderstab. Hinunter und immer weiter, Und immer dem Bache nach, Und immer [frischer]3 rauschte, Und immer heller der Bach. Ist das denn meine Straße? O Bächlein, sprich, wohin? Du hast mit deinem Rauschen Mir ganz berauscht den Sinn. Was sag ich denn [von]4 Rauschen? Das kann kein Rauschen sein: Es singen wohl die Nixen [Dort]5 unten ihren Reihn. Laß singen, Gesell, laß rauschen, Und wandre fröhlich nach! Es gehn ja Mühlenräder In jedem klaren Bach.
J. Lang sets stanza 1
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Erstes Bändchen. Zweite Auflage. Deßau 1826. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 8-9; and with Sieben und siebzig Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Dessau, 1821. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 9-10.
First published in a slightly different version with the title Der Bach in Gaben der Milde. Viertes Bändchen. Mit Beiträgen von [...]. Für die Bücher-Verloosung "zum Vortheil hülfloser Krieger" herausgegeben von F. W. Gubitz. Berlin, 1818, page 215.
1 Lang: "Ein Bächlein hört' ich"2 Müller (1821 edition), and Schubert: "auch"
3 Müller (1821 edition), and Schubert: "heller"
4 Schubert: "vom"
5 Müller (1821 edition), and Schubert: "Tief"
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Wohin?", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 3, first published 1818 [author's text checked 2 times 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 (Carl) Ludwig (Heinrich) Berger (1777 - 1839), "Des Müllers Wanderlied", op. 11 no. 1, published 1818, from Gesänge aus einem gesellschaftlichen Liederspiele "Die schöne Müllerin", no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sopran Camillo Engel (1864 - 1902), "Wohin", op. 7 (Neun Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Budapest, Rózsavölgyi & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl August Heymann-Rheineck (1854 - 1922), "Erinnerung", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Der Bach", stanza 1 [ voice and piano ], unpublished, undated, incomplete [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Wohin?", op. 25 no. 2, D 795 no. 2 (1823), from Die schöne Müllerin, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by A. F. Wustrow , "Ich hört' ein Bächlein rauschen ", op. 15 (9 Gesänge) no. 4, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Westphal [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882) , "Whither?", appears in Voices of the Night, first published 1839 ; composed by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, W. H. Bentley, John Blockley, A. H. Cox, Charles John Hargitt, Karl Pomeroy Harrington, John Liptrot Hatton, H. R. Howard, Edward James Loder, Edward Oswald Schaaf, Arthur Octavius Smith, Ogle Wintle.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cap on?", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Waarheen?", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Where to?", copyright ©
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Mihin ?", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Vers où ?", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , "Προς τα πού", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Cá raghair?", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Verso dove?", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "어디로?", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Caê Vieira) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 110
Sentivo mormorare un ruscello, là dalla sorgente nella roccia, fino laggiù a valle lo sentivo mormorare, così fresco e limpido. Non so come mi venne in mente, né chi me lo suggerì, fui spinto a scendere a valle anch'io, col mio bastone da viandante. Giù, e sempre avanti, e sempre appresso al ruscello, che mormorava sempre più fresco e sempre più limpido, il ruscello. E' questa la mia strada? Parla, ruscello, dove va? Col tuo mormorio mi hai confuso la mente. Ma che dico, mormorio? Non è un mormorio, è il canto delle ondine che danzano laggiù. Lascia cantare, amico, lascia mormorare, e vai avanti lieto! Girano le ruote dei mulini in ogni limpido ruscello!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2005 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Wohin?", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 3, first published 1818
This text was added to the website: 2005-09-12
Line count: 24
Word count: 115