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by Karl Gottfried Theodor Winkler (1775 - 1856)

Traget linde Lüftchen! traget
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Traget linde Lüftchen! traget
   meiner [Harfe]1 leisen Klang,
   meiner Stimme Abendsang,
zu der Holden die ich meine,
   sagt ihr wieder [was]2 ich hier,
   ach so weit getrennt von ihr,
[stöhne, weine]3.

Was ich selbst mir nicht [erlaubt]4,
   bei der Abend-Kühlung [Wehn]5
   seufzend einen Kuß zu flehn,
bitte jetzt mit sanfter Klage,
   [Harfe]1! daß der Abendwind
   Noch den Ton, [so leis und lind]6
zu ihr trage.

Dort durch ihre Locken lisple
   was ihr Trauter seufzend meint[,]
   jede Zähre die er weint,
jedes Schmeicheln seiner Lieder,
   jedes Hoffen das er hegt,
   jeden Wunsch der ihn bewegt
sag' ihr wieder.

Traget linde Lüftchen! traget
   meiner [Harfe]1 leisen Ton
   zu der Holden, die ich schon
[im entflammten]7 Geist umschließe,
   lispelt wenn die Stimme schweigt,
   und der letzte Ton entweicht,
noch [Luise]8! --

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Harder 

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Confirmed with Lyratöne von Theodor Hell, Zweite Tonreihe, Dresden: Arnoldsche Buchhandlung, 1821, pages 41-42.

Note: There are three manuscripts of Lang's song. The first version sets all four stanzas. The second version contains only the text of the first stanza, but with room left on the score for the other three. The third version sets only the first stanza.

1 Harder: "Laute"
2 Harder: "dass"
3 Harder: "stöhn' und weine"
4 Harder: "erlaubte"
5 Lang (first version only): "weh'n"
6 Lang (first version only), Harder: "eh' er verrinnt"
7 Lang (first version only): "jetzt in trübem"; Harder: "jetzt im trunk'nen"
8 Lang (first version only), Harder: "Elise"

Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Gottfried Theodor Winkler (1775 - 1856), "Ständchen aus der Ferne", appears in Lyratöne, in Töne der Liebe [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 Friedrich Ernst Fesca (1789 - 1826), "Ständchen aus der Ferne", op. 32 (Fünf deutsche Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3 [ voice and piano ], Bonn: N. Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph Fischhof (1804 - 1857), "Ständchen aus der Ferne", op. 37 (Fünf Gesänge für Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1838 [ baritone and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by August Harder (1775 - 1813), "Ständchen aus der Ferne" [ voice and piano ], Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Ständchen", alternate title: "Ständchen aus der Ferne", c1834 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Ständchen aus der Ferne", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: F. Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2022-12-29
Line count: 28
Word count: 139

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