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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Auf geheimem Waldespfade
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG ENG ENG FIN FRE ITA POR
Auf geheimem Waldespfade
Schleich' ich gern im Abendschein
An das öde Schilfgestade,
Mädchen, und gedenke dein!

Wenn sich dann der Busch verdüstert,
Rauscht das Rohr geheimnisvoll,
Und es klaget und es flüstert,
Daß ich weinen, weinen soll.

Und ich mein', ich höre wehen
Leise deiner Stimme Klang,
Und im Weiher untergehen
Deinen lieblichen Gesang.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht, in Schilflieder, no. 3 [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 Curt von Arnim , "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Schilflieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Auf geheimem Waldespfade ", op. 9 no. 3, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder von Lenau, no. 3, Wien, (Buchholz & Diebel Sort.) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Schilflied", 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben frühe Lieder, no. 2, from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 77 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Max Bruch (1838 - 1920), "Schilflied", op. 7 (6 Gesänge) no. 4, published 1859 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wilhelm Claussen (1843 - 1869), "Auf geheimen Waldespfade", op. 2 (Fünf Schilflieder von Lenau, für eine tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1874 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Schilflied", op. 1 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 2 (1846), published 1846 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Louis Dumack , "Auf geheimem Waldespfade ", op. 14 no. 2, published 1886 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Zwei Schilflieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Toni Edelmann (b. 1945), "Schilflied III", published c2003 [ voice and piano ], from Herbstlieder, no. 3, Helsinki : Sulasol [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ernst II, Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha (1818 - 1893), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Schilflieder von Lenau, no. 3, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", op. 2 no. 1, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by A. Friedland , "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder. Cyklus von 5 Gesängen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Leonard Johann Heinrich) Albert Fuchs (1858 - 1910), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", published 1879 [ alto or mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Schilflieder von Lenau. Liedercyklus für Alt (oder Mezzo-Sopran oder Bariton) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Geisler (1856 - 1919), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung. 2. Folge. Zehn Dichtungen von Lenau und Heine, no. 2, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", A. 4 (c1905-9), published 1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Five German Poems, no. 2, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ivar Hallström (1826 - 1901), "Am Rhein", 1853 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Harthan (1855 - 1936), "Schilflied", op. 42 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1894 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich XXIV. Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz (1855 - 1910), "Schilflied", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Hermes (1818 - 1905), "Schilflied", op. 56 (Drei Lieder für Männergesang) no. 1, published 1874 [ men's chorus ], Koenigsberg, Jakubowski  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Maria Herz (1878 - 1950), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade" [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Heuchemer (1826 - 1858), "Schilflied", op. 4 (Vier Gesänge) no. 4, published 1857 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Otto Horr , "Schilflied", published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte -- für Alt (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", 1909 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", op. 7 (Schilf-Lieder) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hermann Lanzke , "Schilflied", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Andenken", op. 14 (3 Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran, Alt oder Bariton) no. 1, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Darmstadt, Pabst [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henri Marteau (1874 - 1934), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", op. 31 (Fünf Schilflieder) no. 3, published 1925 [ baritone, viola and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Mayer (1859 - 1931), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", op. 5 no. 3, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder von Lenau für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", op. 40 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", 188-?, note: fragment.  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Schilflied" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Carl Ressler (1850 - c1900), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 5, München, Schmid [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Ressler (1850 - c1900), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, München, Schmid [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Schilflied I", JWV 137 no. 2 (1862), published 2019 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hugo Riemann (1849 - 1919), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", op. 17 no. 3, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Abend-Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Bielefeld, Sulzer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Rorich (1869 - 1941), "Auf geheimen Waldespfade", op. 23 no. 4, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Natur und Welt. Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philipp Rüfer (1844 - 1919), "Schilflied", op. 17 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. ) no. 3, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917), "Schilflieder I", op. 32 no. 1 [ medium voice and piano ], from Schilflieder = Chants des joncs et des roseaux, no. 1, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", op. 2 no. 3 (1905), from Drei Schilflieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Alwin Schutzer , "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emil Severin , "Schilflied", op. 14 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Auf geheimen Waldespfade", op. 7 no. 3, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Schilflieder, no. 3, Dresden, Brauer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Sternfeld (1858 - 1926), "Schilflied", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Schilflied", op. 17 no. 4, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Sang der Liebe. Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel (1854 - 1912), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", op. 10 no. 3 (1875) [ voice and piano ], from Schilf-Lieder, no. 3, also set in Flemish (translated by E. Hiel) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Veit , "Schilflied", op. 10 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Prag, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Moritz Vogel (1846 - 1922), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", op. 15 (Zwei Schilflieder) no. 1, published 1874 [ duet for 2 low voices with piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max von Weinzierl (1841 - 1898), "Schilflied", op. 27 (Drei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1881 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Wien, (Buchholz & Diebel Sort.) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Zenger (1837 - 1911), "Auf geheimem Waldespfade", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 5 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Christian Richardt (1831 - 1892) ; composed by Peter Arnold Heise.
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  • Also set in English, a translation by Henry Grafton Chapman (1860 - 1913) , "By a lonely forest pathway" ; composed by Charles Tomlinson Griffes.
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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917) ; composed by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó del canyís", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Louisa Loring Dresel)
  • ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Hidden trails through forest's secrets", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Canto del canneto", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POR Portuguese (Português) (Elke Beatriz Riedel) , "A Canção dos Juncos", copyright © 2011, (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: 12
Word count: 54

Canto del canneto
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Lungo un segreto sentiero nel bosco
amo avvicinarmi furtivo nella luce serale
alla sponda deserta dove cresce il canneto
e a te, fanciulla, volgo il mio pensiero!

Quando poi il cespuglio si fa più scuro,
le canne iniziano a stormire cariche di mistero,
sembrano gemere e sospirare, al punto
che non riesco a trattenere il pianto.

E mi sembra allora di udire
il lieve mormorio della tua voce,
e nello stagno sembra affondare
la tua soave canzone.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2010 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (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 Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht, in Schilflieder, no. 3
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 77

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