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Es rauschen die Wipfel und schauern, Als machten zu dieser Stund' Um die halbversunkenen Mauern Die alten Götter die Rund'. Hier hinter den Myrtenbäumen In heimlich dämmernder Pracht, Was sprichst du wirr wie in Träumen Zu mir, phantastische Nacht? Es funkeln auf mich alle Sterne Mit glühendem Liebesblick, Es redet trunken die Ferne Wie vom künftigem, großem Glück!
Confirmed with Gedichte von Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Halle an der Saale: Druck und Verlag von Otto Hendel, [no year], page 23.
Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Schöne 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 Louis Ehlert (1825 - 1884), "Schöne Fremde", op. 8 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Schöne Fremde", op. 3 no. 2 (1846), published 1847 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Gartenlieder : Sechs Gesänge für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass, no. 2, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Meyersberg , "Schöne Fremde", published 1897 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für eine mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin: Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Schöne Fremde", op. 39 no. 6 (1840), published 1842 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis von Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, no. 6, Wien, Haslinger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Schöne Fremde", op. 16 (Neun Lieder) no. 9 (1937-8) [sung text not yet checked]
- by C. Otto Weber , "Schöne Fremde", op. 5 no. 4, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Nachtlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, Eulenburg [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Bonic país estranger", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Mooi vreemd land", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Beauteous foreign land", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Beau pays étranger", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "נכר יפה", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Bei paesi stranieri", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Det vakre fremmede", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "Belas terras estrangeiras", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Diego S. Loyola) , "Bella tierra extranjera", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 59
The treetops rustle and shiver as if at this hour about the half-sunken walls the old gods are making their rounds. Here, behind the myrtle trees, in secretly darkening splendor, what do you say so murmuringly, as if in a dream, to me, fantastic night? The stars glitter down on me with glowing, loving gazes, and the distance speaks tipsily, it seems, of great future happiness.
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), "Schöne Fremde", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 66