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Durch Feld und Wald zu schweifen, Mein Liedchen wegzupfeifen, So gehts von Ort zu Ort! Und nach dem Takte reget, Und nach dem Maaß beweget Sich alles an mir fort. Ich kann sie kaum erwarten, Die erste Blum' im Garten, Die erste Blüt' am Baum. Sie grüßen meine Lieder, Und kommt der Winter wieder, Sing' ich noch jenen Traum. Ich sing' ihn in der Weite, Auf Eises Läng' und Breite, Da blüht der Winter schön! Auch diese Blüte schwindet, Und neue Freude findet Sich auf bebauten Höhn. Denn wie ich bei der Linde Das junge Völkchen finde, Sogleich erreg' ich sie. Der stumpfe Bursche bläht sich, Das steife Mädchen dreht sich Nach meiner Melodie. Ihr gebt den Sohlen Flügel Und treibt, durch Thal und Hügel, Den Liebling weit von Haus. Ihr lieben holden Musen, Wann ruh' ich ihr am Busen Auch endlich wieder aus?
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, pages 25-26; and with Göthe's neue Schriften. Siebenter Band. Berlin. Bei Johann Friedrich Unger. 1800, pages 6-7.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Der Musensohn", written 1774, first published 1800 [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 (Carl) Ludwig (Heinrich) Berger (1777 - 1839), "Der Musensohn" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793 - 1832), "Der Musensohn", op. 15 (Neun Lieder von Goethe) no. 7, published 1827/32 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Theobald Petschke (1806 - 1888), "Der Musensohn", op. 5 (Sechs Gesänge für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1836 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Der Musensohn", 1809 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Musensohn", op. 92 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, D 764 (1822), published 1828 [ voice, piano ], M. J. Leidesdorf, VN 1014, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Der Musensohn", 1807 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El fill de les muses", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "繆斯之子", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De Muzenzoon", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) (Rebecca Plack) , "The son of the muses", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Son of muses", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le fils des muses", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il figlio delle muse", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Musenes sønn", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Per campi e per boschi, fischiettando la mia canzone, vado di luogo in luogo! E al ritmo si anima, con la musica si muove tutto in me. Aspetto impaziente il primo fiore in giardino, la prima gemma sull'albero. Essi salutano i miei canti, e quando ritorna l'inverno, ricanto ancora questo sogno. Lo canto nello spazio, sulle distese di ghiaccio, bello fiorisce l'inverno! Anche questo fiore passa, e nuova gioia si trova sulle alture ridenti. E appena presso il tiglio trovo i giovani, subito li rendo vivaci. Il garzone addormentato si risveglia, la fanciulla scontrosa si muove alla mia melodia. Voi date le ali ai piedi e spingete per valli e per colline l'essere amato lontano da casa. O care, soavi Muse, quando riposerò di nuovo fra le sue braccia?
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2006 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 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Der Musensohn", written 1774, first published 1800
This text was added to the website: 2006-01-18
Line count: 30
Word count: 129