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Grün war die Weide, Der Himmel blau, Wir saßen beide Auf glänzender Au. Sind's Nachtigallen Wieder, was ruft, Lerchen, die schallen Aus warmer Luft? Ich hör die Lieder, Fern, ohne dich, Lenz ist's wohl wieder, Doch nicht für mich.
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Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der verliebte Reisende, 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 R. Buchmayer , "Frühlingsbotschaft", published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Riga, Deubner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dorothee Fischer (1894 - 1981), "Grün war die Weide" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josef Gauby (1851 - 1932), "In der Fremde", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "In der Fremde", op. 30 (Zwölf Lieder für Alt (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 11, published 1883 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Ludwig) Bernhard Hopffer (1840 - 1877), "Grün war die Weide", op. 22 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by C. A. Joh. Masberg , "Grün war die Weide", op. 4b (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Riga, Seezen ; note: opus 4 was used in 1884 for a SATB piece by another publisher so we've used a 'b' to distinguish them here [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Naumann (1832 - 1910), "Grün war die Weide", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder von J. von Eichendorff) no. 5, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Plüddemann (1854 - 1897), "In der Fremde", op. 50 (Drei Gedichte für Männerchor) no. 1, published 1898 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Rob. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst (Friedrich Karl) Rudorff (1840 - 1916), "Grün war die Weide", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder für dreistimmigen Frauenchor ohne Begleitung) no. 5, published 1877 [ three-part women's chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-08-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 39
Green was the willow, Blue the sky; We two sat together Upon the glistening lea. Are those nightingales Again, that are calling - Larks, that resound Out of the warm air? I hear the songs, Afar, without you, Springtime has indeed returned, But not for me.
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Translations of titles:
"Frühlingsbotschaft" = "Spring Tidiings"
"Grün war die Weide" = "Green was the willow"
"In der Fremde" = "Far From Home"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2026 by Michael P Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der verliebte Reisende, no. 5
This text was added to the website: 2026-08-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 45