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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Ich trat in einen heilig düstern
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Ich trat in einen heilig düstern
Eichwald, da hört ich leis und lind
Ein Bächlein unter Blumen flüstern,
Wie das Gebet von einem Kind;

Und mich ergriff ein süßes Grauen,
Es rauscht' der Wind geheimnisvoll,
Als möcht er mir was anvertrauen,
Das noch mein Herz nicht wissen soll;

Als möcht er heimlich mir entdecken,
Was Gottes Liebe sinnt und will:
Doch schien er plötzlich zu erschrecken
Vor Gottes Näh' -- und wurde still.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Der Eichwald", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Reiseblätter (Erstes Buch), in Wanderung im Gebirge, no. 4 [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 Reinhold Becker (1842 - 1924), "Der Eichwald" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Alexander Julius Paul Dorn (1833 - 1901), "Der Eichwald ", op. 56 (Vier Lieder für eine Bass-Stimme mit Pianoforte ) no. 2 [ bass and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Der Eichwald", op. 51 (Zehn Gesänge) no. 1 (1879), published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812 - 1883), "Ich trat in einen heilig düstern Eichwald", op. 23 (Sechs deutsche Lieder für Alt oder Baritone mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1872 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max J. L. Gus , "Im Eichwald", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung (Heft 3), no. 5, Wiesbaden, Schellenberg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Hill (1838 - 1902), "Der Eichwald", op. 17 (Vier Gesänge für Alt (oder Bariton)) no. 3, published 1870 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alexander MacFadyen (1879 - 1936), "Der Eichwald", also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Der Eichwald", op. 45 no. 4 (1930) [ voice and piano ], from Wanderung im Gebirge: Gedichtfolge von Nikolaus Lenau, no. 4, Zürich: Hug & Co. Musikverlage [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Alfred Baskerville (flourished c1854-1884) , "The sacred oak" ; composed by Alexander MacFadyen.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La chênaie", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2007-07-29
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Word count: 77

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