The bird in the woods | I go through the green wood, green wood

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by (Christian) Ferdinand Naumann (1819 - 1876)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

Der Vogel im Walde

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich gehe durch den grünen Wald, grünen Wald,
Wenn ich im Walde bin,
Ist's mir in meinem Sinn,
Als wär' ich ein Vogel, ein Vogel im Walde.
Tiu, tik tak, dürili!
Heisst meine Melodie!

Ich gehe durch den grünen Wald, grünen Wald,
Schüchternes, liebes Reh,
Thue dir nimmer weh;
Ich bin ja ein Vogel, ein Vogel im Walde.
Tiu, tik tak, dürili!
Heisst meine Melodie!

Ich gehe durch den grünen Wald, grünen Wald,
Was sieh'st du Jägersmann,
Mich so verwundert an?
Ich bin ja ein Vogel, ein Vogel im Walde.
Tiu, tik tak, dürili!
Heisst meine Melodie!

Text Authorship:

by (Christian) Ferdinand Naumann (1819 - 1876) [author's text not yet checked 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 (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Der Vogel im Walde", op. 158 no. 1, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, T. Trautwein [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The bird in the woods", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2013-05-30
Line count: 18
Word count: 97

The bird in the woods

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I go through the green wood, green wood,
When I am in the woods,
It is in my mind
[That] I could be a bird, a bird in the woods.
Tiu, tick tack, durilee!
Is called my melody!

I go through the green wood, green wood,
Shy, loving deer,
I will never do you harm;
I am a bird, a bird in the woods.
Tiu, tick tack, durilee!
Is called my melody!

I go through the green wood, green wood,
[Why] do you look at me
[With such astonishment], hunter?
I am a bird, a bird in the woods.
Tiu, tick tack, durilee!
Is called my melody!

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by (Christian) Ferdinand Naumann (1819 - 1876)
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This text was added to the website: 2020-06-24
Line count: 18
Word count: 107