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by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827)
Translation © by Lau Kanen

Am Brunnen vor dem Thore
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Available translation(s):  AFR CAT CHI DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG FIN FRE FRI GRE HEB IRI ITA KOR LIT POR SPA SPA SPA
Am Brunnen vor dem Thore
Da steht ein Lindenbaum:
Ich träumt' in seinem Schatten
So manchen süßen Traum.

Ich schnitt in seine Rinde
So manches liebe Wort;
Es zog in Freud' und Leide
Zu ihm mich immer fort.

Ich mußt' auch heute wandern
Vorbei in tiefer Nacht,
Da hab' ich noch im [Dunkel]1
Die Augen zugemacht.

Und seine Zweige rauschten,
Als riefen sie mir zu:
Komm her zu mir, Geselle,
Hier findst du deine Ruh'!

Die kalten Winde bliesen
Mir grad' in's Angesicht,
Der Hut flog mir vom Kopfe,
Ich wendete mich nicht.

Nun bin ich manche Stunde
Entfernt von jenem Ort,
Und immer hör' ich's rauschen:
Du fändest Ruhe dort!

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Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Zweites Bändchen. Deßau 1824. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 83-84; and with Urania. Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1823. Neue Folge, fünfter Jahrgang. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1823, pages 214-215.

First published in Urania (see above) as no. 5 of Wanderlieder von Wilhelm Müller. Die Winterreise. In 12 Liedern.

1 Kistler, Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "Dunkeln"

Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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

  • AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El til·ler", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "菩提樹", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De lindenboom", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Arthur Rishi) , "The linden tree", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "The linden tree", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "The linden tree", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (David Paley) , "The linden tree", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Lehmus", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le tilleul", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRI Frisian [singable] (Pieter Wiersma) , "De Linebeam", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Η φλαμουριά", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "עץ התירזה", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "An crann teile", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il Tiglio", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "보리수", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POR Portuguese (Português) (Paulo Albuquerque de Noronha) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "El tilo", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Daniel Faure) , "El arbol de tilo", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "El tilo ", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Ofer Sheinberg , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 111

De lindenboom
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Bij de fontein vóór 't poorthuis,
Daar staat een lindenboom.
Ik droomde in zijn schaduw
Zo vaak een zoete droom.

Ik sneed verliefde woorden,
Zo vele, in zijn bast.
In goed' en kwade tijden
Was ik daar vaste gast.

Ook nu moest ik er langs gaan
In 't holste van de nacht,
Ik heb er nog in 't donker
Met ogen dicht gewacht.

En al zijn takken ruisten,
Als riepen zij mij toe:
"Kom hier maar, beste makker,
Hier word je nooit meer moe!"

De koude winden kwamen
Mij in 't gezicht gewaaid;
De hoed vloog mij van 't hoofd af,
Ik ben niet omgedraaid.

Nu ben ik vele uren
Ver van die plaats vandaan
En steeds nog hoor ik 't ruisen:
"Daar kon je rusten gaan!"

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2005 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.

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This text was added to the website: 2005-09-25
Line count: 24
Word count: 127