by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Translation Singable translation by John Bernhoff (flourished 1890-1912)
Waldeinsamkeit!
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Waldeinsamkeit! Du [grünes]1 Revier, Wie liegt so weit Die Welt von hier! Schlaf nur, wie bald Kommt der Abend schön, Durch den stillen Wald Die Quellen gehn, Die Mutter Gottes wacht, Mit ihrem Sternenkleid Bedeckt sie dich sacht In der Waldeinsamkeit, [Gute Nacht,]2 Gute Nacht! -
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's Werke. Dritter Theil. Dichter und ihre Gesellen. Krieg den Philistern, Berlin, Verlegt von M. Simion, 1841, pages 254-255.
1 Wolff: "schönes"2 omitted by Wolff.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte, in Der Umkehrende, no. 5 [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 Henk Bijvanck (1909 - 1969), "Waldeinsamkeit", 1957, from 2 liederen, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Collan (1828 - 1871), "Waldeinsamkeit" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Courvoisier (1875 - 1931), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 27 (Geistliche Lieder), Heft 5 (Trost - Einsamkeit) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Botho Sigwart (Philipp August) Graf zu Eulenburg (1884 - 1915), "Waldeinsamkeit", published 1900 [ medium voice and piano ], from Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, Heft 1, no. 1, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Adolf Fischer , "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 1 no. 1, published 1859 [ voice and piano ], from Vom Walde her. Fünf Lieder für Alt-Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Frankfurt a/O., Kressner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 21 (Vier Duette mit Klavier) no. 1 (1893), published 1895 [ duet for high voice and low voice with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Waldeinsamkeit", 1995, first performed 1997 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from ...was dem Herzen kaum bewußt... : Acht Chorlieder für Männerchor a cappella, no. 3, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Egon Kornauth (1891 - 1959), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 37 (Sechs Lieder nach Eichendorff) no. 4 (1932) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 5 no. 11 (1911) [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder: So Gott und Papa will, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Benjamin Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898), as W. A. Rémy, "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 1 (Drei vierstimmige Gesänge für gemischten Chor a cappella) no. 2 [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 76 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Schmidt , "Waldeinsamkeit! Du grünes Revier", op. 1 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Halle, Gräbner & Alban [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 30 no. 1 (1918) [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Julius August) Philipp Spitta (1841 - 1894), "Waldeinsamkeit", 1860 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 31 no. 2 (1904) [ vocal trio for 2 sopranos and mezzo-soprano with piano ], from Drei Lieder für drei Frauenstimmen solo nach Gedichten von Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Herm. Wesseler , "Waldeinsamkeit", published 1900 [ baritone, men's chorus ], Münster, Tormann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 14 (Vier Gedichte von Eichendorff) no. 2, published 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Wüllner (1832 - 1902), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 38 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Zöllner (1854 - 1941), "Waldeinsamkeit", op. 19 (Sechs Gedichte von Eichendorff für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 4, published 1883 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Forest-Solitude"
- ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) , "Forest solitude" [an adaptation]
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 46
Forest‑Solitude
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Woodlands so fair! I love your cool shades, no worldly care can haunt your glades. Sleep on, behold evening shadows fall, thro' the silent wold the night birds call. Now fades day's glimmering light, a thousand stars 'gin peep, from bright azure height o'er thy sleep, watch they keep, bid (thee) Good Night!
From the Wolff score.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by John Bernhoff (flourished 1890-1912), "Forest-Solitude" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte, in Der Umkehrende, no. 5
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: 2009-07-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 53