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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!
J. Brahms sets stanzas 1, 3
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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 [text verified 1 time]
- by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "O kühler Wald", op. 8 (Elf Lieder) no. 10 (1995-6). [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- 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. [text not verified]
- 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 [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "O cool forest", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Ô forêt fraîche", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "O fris, koel woud", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 84
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.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, written 1802, first published 1844
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 103