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by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

O kühler Wald
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
O kühler Wald,
Wo rauschest du,
In dem mein Liebchen geht?
O Widerhall,
Wo lauschest du,
Der gern mein Lied versteht?

O Widerhall,
O sängst du ihr
Die süßen Träume vor,
Die Lieder all,
O bring sie ihr,
Die ich so früh verlor!

Im Herzen tief,
Da rauscht der Wald,
In dem mein Liebchen geht,
In Schmerzen schlief
Der Widerhall,
Die Lieder sind verweht.

Im Walde bin
Ich so allein,
O Liebchen, wandre hier,
Verschallet auch
Manch Lied so rein,
Ich singe andre dir!

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•   J. Brahms 

J. Brahms sets stanzas 1, 3

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Text Authorship:

  • by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, written 1802, first published 1844 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "O kühler Wald", op. 72 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 3 (1877), published 1877, stanzas 1,3 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "O kühler Wald", op. 8 (Elf Lieder) no. 10 (1995-6) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "O kühler Wald", op. 132 ([Vier] Lieder von Clemens Brentano für Sopran oder Tenor) no. 2, published 1846 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emil Naumann (1827 - 1888), "Süss Gedenken", op. 22 no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Rheinische Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Dresden, Ries [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "O fris, koel woud", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "O cool forest", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ô forêt fraîche", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 84

O cool forest
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
O cool forest,
Where do you rustle,
O forest in which my darling walks?
O echo,
Where do you listen,
O echo that understands my song so well?

O echo,
If you were to sing to her
The sweet dream,
And all the songs,
O bring them to her,
Those which I so early lost!

Deep in my heart,
There rustles the forest
In which my darling walks;
In pain sleeps
the echo;
The songs have dispersed.

In the forest  
I am so alone;
O darling, wander here,
They've fallen into oblivion also:
Many songs so pure;
I will sing another to you.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 103

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