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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862)

Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
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Ich [wandelte]1 unter den Bäumen
Mit meinem Gram allein;
Da kam das alte Träumen,
Und schlich [mir ins Herz]2 hinein.

Wer hat euch [dies]3 Wörtlein gelehret,
Ihr Vöglein in luftiger Höh'?
Schweigt still! wenn mein Herz es [höret]4,
Dann thut es noch einmal so weh.

"Es kam ein Jungfräulein gegangen,
Die sang es immerfort,
Da [haben]5 wir Vöglein gefangen
Das hübsche, [goldene]6 Wort."

Das sollt ihr mir [nicht mehr]7 erzählen,
Ihr Vöglein [wunderschlau]8;
Ihr wollt meinen [Kummer mir]9 stehlen.
Ich aber niemandem trau'.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   B. Dieren •   J. Hellmesberger •   F. Hensel •   J. Rheinberger •   R. Schumann 

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Confirmed with Buch der Lieder von Heinrich Heine, Berlin, A. Warschauers Verlag, 1827, pages 28-29.

Note: modern spelling would change the following: "thut" -> "tut", etc.

1 Dieren: "wanderte"
2 Hensel: "ins Herz mir"
3 Hellmesberger: "das"
4 Hellmesberger: "hört"
5 Hellmesberger: "hab'n"
6 Dieren, Farber, Hensel, Rheinberger, Schumann: "goldne"
7 Lachner, Rheinberger, Schumann: "nicht"
8 Rheinberger: "so wunderschlau"
9 Hellmesberger, Lachner: "Kummer"

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 3 [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 Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", from Liederkreis, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Ich wanderte unter den Bäumen", 1918, published 1932 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Th. Eckelmann , "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Wolfgang von Ehrenstein (d. 1870), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", op. 9 (Jugendträume : Muskalische Deklamationen), Heft 2 no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen" [ voice and piano ], from Buch der Lieder - Junge Leiden - Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph Hellmesberger, jun. (1855 - 1907), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Wien, Schreiber [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", 1838 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hirsch Liwschitz , "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anna Mier, Gräfin , "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Wien, Wessely [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Béla Nemes Hegyi , "Ich wandelte unter Bäumen", from Acht Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", op. 24 no. 3 (1840), published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis von Heinrich Heine, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
        Score: IMSLP [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Moritz Siering (1821 - 1892), "Ich Niemand trau", op. 6 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by A. von Sigmond , "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", op. 19, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emil Alexander Veit (1842 - 1911), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", op. 8 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Buch der Lieder - Junge Leiden", 2014 [ voice and piano ]
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862) ; composed by Edison Vasilyevich Denisov.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ik wandelde onder de bomen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I wandered among the trees", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je déambulais sous les arbres", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Erravo sotto gli alberi", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 93

Бродил я под тенью деревьев
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Chosen for Diff
Бродил я под тенью деревьев,
Один со своею тоской,
И снова старая грёза
Впилась мне в сердце змеёй.

Певицы воздушные! Где вы
Подслушали песнь мою?
Заслышу её и снова
Отраву смертельную пью.

«Гуляла девица и пела
Ту песню раз, и не раз
У ней мы подслушали песню,
Она осталась у нас».

Молчите, лукавые птицы!
Я знаю, хочется вам
Тоску мою похитить...
Да я-то её не отдам!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 3
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Edison Vasilyevich Denisov (1929 - 1996), "Бродил я под тенью деревьев", published 1958 [baritone and piano], from Страдания юности (Stradanija junosti), no. 5. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 66

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