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Eingeschlafen auf der Lauer Oben ist der alte Ritter; Drüber gehen Regenschauer Und der Wald rauscht durch das Gitter. Eingewachsen Bart und Haare Und versteinert Brust und Krause, Sitzt er viele hundert Jahre Oben in der stillen Klause. Draußen ist es still und friedlich, Alle sind ins Thal gezogen, Waldesvögel einsam singen In den leeren Fensterbogen. Eine Hochzeit fährt da unten Auf dem Rhein im Sonnenscheine, Musikanten spielen munter, Und die schöne Braut die weinet.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs Verlag, 1892, page 28.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Auf einer Burg", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder [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 Robert Gund (1865 - 1927), "Auf einer Burg", op. 40 no. 2 (1906) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst (Friedrich Karl) Rudorff (1840 - 1916), "Auf einer Burg", op. 3 (Sechs Gedichte von J. von Eichendorff) no. 1, published 1864 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Auf einer Burg", op. 17 (Acht Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier) no. 6 (1909) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Auf einer Burg", op. 39 no. 7 (1840), published 1842 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, no. 7, Wien, Haslinger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Auf einer Burg", op. 9 (Lieder nach Gedichten von Eichendorff's) no. 9 (1885), published 1886 [ medium voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Philippe Hersant.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En un castell", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Op een burcht", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "In a castle", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sur un château", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "על ארמון", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Su una rocca", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "På en borg", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Em um castelo", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "En un castillo", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 75
Asleep on his watch up there is the old knight; above move rainshowers, and the wood rustles through the grill. Beard and hair grown into one, chest and ruff have turned to stone; he sits for many hundreds of years above in his silent den. Outside it is quiet and peaceful: all have taken to the valley; woodbirds sing alone in the empty arching windows. A wedding passes by below on the Rhine, in the sunlight: musicians play gaily and the fair bride - she weeps.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Auf einer Burg", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 85