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Frühmorgens, wenn die Hähne kräh'n, Eh' noch der Wachtel Ruf erschallt, Eh' wärmer all' die Lüfte weh'n, Vom Jagdhornruf das Echo hallt, Dann gehet leise nach seiner Weise Der liebe Herrgott durch den Wald. Die Quelle, die ihn kommen hört Hält ihr Gemurmel auf sogleich, Auf daß sie nicht in Andacht stört, So Groß als Klein im Waldbereich, Die Bäume denken: „Nun laßt uns senken Vorm lieben Herrgott das Gezweig!“ Die Blümlein, wenn sie aufgewacht, Sie ahnen auch den Herrn alsbald Und schütteln rasch den Schlaf der Nacht Sich aus den Augen mit [Gewalt Und]1 flüstern leise ringsum im Kreise: „Der liebe Gott geht durch den Wald.“
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Lebrecht Dreves. Herausgegeben von Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Berlin, Verlag von Alexander Dunder, 1849, pages 15-16.
1 Abt: "Gewalt./ Sie"Authorship
- by Leberecht Blücher Dreves (1816 - 1870), "Waldandacht", written 1836 [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Waldandacht", op. 211 (5 Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran oder Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1870 [ mezzo-soprano or alto and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Waldandacht", op. 443 (Sechs Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 4, published 1874 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Waldandacht", op. 383 (5 Lieder für dreistimmigen Frauenchor mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1870 [ three-part women's chorus and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Waldandacht", op. 107, Heft 2 no. 6, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], from Lebensfrühling. 10 Kinderlieder, no. 6, Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Waldandacht", op. 175 (4 Gesänge für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 2, published 1860 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Waldandacht", op. 92 no. 2, published 1862 [ vocal duet and piano ], from 6 leichte Zwiegesänge mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Théodore Kahle , "Waldandacht", op. 22 (Vierstimmige Gesänge für gemischten Chor), Heft 2 no. 2, published 1876 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Waldnacht", op. 125 no. 3 (1881) [ TTBB chorus ], from Aus deutschen Gauen, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Waldandacht", op. 192 no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Klänge aus der Kinderwelt, Heft XIII, no. 1, Dresden, Ries [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Zenger (1837 - 1911), "Waldandacht", op. 29 (Fünf Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1877 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
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Early in the morning, when the rooster crows, Even before the quail's cry rings out, Even before all the breezes waft more warmly, The echo of the hunter's horn resounds, Then quietly, in his own way, The beloved God walks through the forest. The well-spring, which hears Him coming, Instantly ceases its murmuring So that it won't disturb those in prayer, From the large to the small in that forest domain, The trees think: "Now let us bow down Our branches before the beloved God!" The little flowers, when they awaken, They also sense God at once, And swiftly shake the sleep of night Mightily from their eyes. And they whisper quietly around their circle: "The beloved God is walking through the forest."
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Translation of title "Waldandacht" = "Forest prayer"Authorship
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Leberecht Blücher Dreves (1816 - 1870), "Waldandacht", written 1836
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-28
Line count: 18
Word count: 123