Mein Wagen rollet langsam Durch lustiges Waldesgrün, Durch blumige Taler, die zaubrisch Im Sonnenglanze blühn. Ich sitze und sinne und träume, Und denk' an die Liebste mein; Da grüßen drei Schattengestalten Kopfnickend zum Wagen herein. Sie hüpfen und schneiden Gesichter, So spöttisch und doch so scheu, Und quirlen wie Nebel zusammen, Und kichern und huschen vorbei.
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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 158.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 54 [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 Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Mein Wagen rollet langsam", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Herbstzyklus, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz, Graf von Schaffgotsch , "Mein Wagen rollet langsam" [ bass and piano ], from Drei Lieder für eine Baßstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 1, Wien: Adolf Bösendorfer [no year] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Mein Wagen rollet langsam", op. posth. 142 (Vier Gesänge) no. 4 (1840), published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Waldesfahrt", op. 69 (Fünf kleine Lieder nach Gedichten von Achim von Arnim und Heinrich Heine) no. 4 (1918), published 1919 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marcel Tyberg (1893 - 1944), "Mein Wagen rollet langsam" [ voice and piano ], from Song Cycle from Heinrich Heine's Lyrischen Intermezzo, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Mein Wagen rollet langsam", 1921 [ voice and piano ], from 9 Lieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Oscar Strasnoy (b. 1970), "Die Linde blühte, die Nachtigall sang" [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Heine, no. 8
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "My cart rolls slowly", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 54, first published 1827
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il mio carro va piano", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 56
Trottant en léger véhicule, Par l'ombre du bois reverdi. Par vaux, tout en fleurs je circule Dans l'or enchanté de midi. Aux bras des plus tendres images Se berce en rêvant mon amour : Voilà trois burlesques visages Qui viennent me dire bonjour. Ils sautent, me font la grimace, Risquant leur timide brio. Et tel qu'un brouillard qui s'efface S'esquive en pouffant leur trio.
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Text Authorship:
- by Charles Beltjens (1832 - 1890), no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 54, first published 1827 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 54
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 63