Ich hör' [die]1 Bächlein rauschen
Im Walde her und hin,
Im Walde in dem Rauschen
Ich weiß nicht, wo ich bin.

Die Nachtigallen schlagen
Hier in der Einsamkeit,
Als wollten sie was sagen
Von [der alten, schönen]2 Zeit.

Die Mondesschimmer fliegen,
Als [seh']3 ich unter mir
Das Schloß im Thale liegen,
[Und ist]4 doch so weit von hier!

Als müßte in dem Garten
Voll Rosen weiß und roth,
[Meine]5 Liebste auf mich warten,
Und ist [doch lange]6 todt.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Verlag von Duncker und Humblot, Berlin, 1837, pages 33-34.

Note: modernized spelling would change "Thale" to "Tale", "roth" to "rot", and "todt" to "tot"

¹ Ivers, Stern: "ein"; further changes may exist not shown above
² Marx: "alter, schöner"
³ Dresel, Jaques-Dalcroze, Marx, Schumann: "säh"
⁴ Banck: "Ist"
⁵ Banck: "Mein'"; Dresel: "Die"; Marx: "Der"
⁶ Marx: "schon lange"; Schumann: "doch so lange"

Authorship:

• by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "In der Fremde", 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 Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "In der Ferne", op. 24 no. 6, published 1837 [ voice and piano or guitar ], from Abschied und Erinnerung, 6 Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte- oder Guitarrebegleitung, no. 6, Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Ich hör' die Bächlein rauschen" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Robert Eitner (1832 - 1905), "In der Ferne", op. 13 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Peter Ivers , "In der Fremde", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Stettin, Witte [sung text not yet checked]
• by Émile Jacques-Dalcroze (1865 - 1950), "In der Fremde", op. 15 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
• by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865 - 1950), "Erinnerung", op. 10 no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "In der Fremde ", op. 10 (Vier Lieder / 4 Gedichte) no. 4 (1868) [ low voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Adolf Lorenz, Dr. (1837 - 1923), "In der Fremde", op. 9 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1869 [ voice and piano ], Stettin, Bulang  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Martens , "In der Fremde", op. 24 no. 9, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Eichendorff-Album. 20 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung. Religiöse Lieder, no. 9, Berlin, Deneke [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Erinnerung", 1909, published 1911, orchestrated 1911 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], in Lieder und Gesänge, II. Folge, Nr. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Gustav Meyer (1864 - 1925), "In der Fremde", op. 16 no. 4, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Liebes-Lust und Leid. Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
• by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Erinnerung" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Eduard Partzsch (1833 - 1890), "In der Fremde", op. 65 (Drei Lieder für Alt (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1876 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Braunschweig, Fischer & Mohr [sung text not yet checked]
• by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Erinnerung", op. 17 (Acht Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier) no. 7 (1909) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "In der Fremde", op. 39 no. 8 (1840), published 1842 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, no. 8, Wien, Haslinger [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "In der Fremde", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Erinnerung", op. 99 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wenzel Heinrich Veit (1806 - 1864), "In der Fremde", op. 21 (Sechs Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Prag, Berra und Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
• by C. Otto Weber , "In der Fremde", op. 5 no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Nachtlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Eulenburg [sung text not yet checked]

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) , "Ontheemd", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À l'étranger", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "בנכר", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "In terra straniera", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "I fremmed land", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Em terras estrangeiras", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "En el extranjero", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

I hear the brooklets rushing
here and there in the wood.
In the wood, amidst the rushing,
I know not where I am.

The nightingales sing
here in the solitude,
as if they wanted to speak
of fine old times.

The moonbeams dart
and I seem to see below me
a castle lying in the valley -
yet it is so far from here!

It seems as if, in the garden
full of roses white and red,
my sweetheart were waiting for me -
yet she is long since dead.