Zwischen Weizen und Korn,
Zwischen Hecken und Dorn,
Zwischen Bäumen und Gras,
Wo [gehts]1 Liebchen? 
Sag mir das.

  Fand mein Holdchen 
  Nicht daheim;
  Muß das Goldchen 
  Draußen sein.
  Grünt und blühet 
  Schön der Mai;
  Liebchen ziehet 
  Froh und frei.

An dem Felsen beim Fluß,
Wo sie reichte den Kuß,
Jenen ersten im Gras, 
Seh' ich etwas!
Ist sie das? --2 

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Note: The modernized spelling of "Weizen" is "Waizen". See also this placeholder for songs with the title "Mailied" that might or might not refer to this poem.

¹ Huberti: "geht das"
² Several composers (not Huberti, Medtner) add: "Das ist sie, das!"

Text Authorship:

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mailied", written 1812? [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 Oskar Bolck (1837 - 1888), "Zwischen Waizen und Korn", op. 45 (Sechs Lieder für hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Die Kleine", op. 34 no. 4, published 1884 [ vocal duet for alto and medium voice with piano ], from Gestalten und Erinnerungen, no. 4, Berlin, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
• by F. Christoph , "Mailied", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1895 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Dörr , "Mailied", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Wien, Gutmann  [sung text not yet checked]
• by E. Draude , "Mailied" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jan van den Eeden (1842 - 1917), "Mailied", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gedichte für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Wien, Bösendorfer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Elkamp (1812 - 1868), "Zwischen Waizen und Korn ", op. 5 (12 Lieder), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Frank (1847 - 1889), "Mailied", op. 1 (Zehn Lieder) no. 2, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gotthard [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Wilhelm Franke (1862 - 1932), "Mailied", op. 5 (Fünfzehn Lieder und Gesänge), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1891 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Mailied", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1859 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Fritze (1842 - 1881), "Mailied", op. 19 (Lieder und Gesänge (5. Folge) für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hientzsch [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Goldmark (1830 - 1915), "Mailied", op. 37 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
• by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Mailied", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 3 (c1840) [ SATB chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924), "Mailied", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Heinze [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Ludwig) Bernhard Hopffer (1840 - 1877), "Mailied", op. 9 (Zwölf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published [1871] [ voice and piano ], Berlin : Mitschler & Röstell - Collection Litolff ; No. 2015 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Gustave Léon Huberti (1843 - 1910), "Mailied" [ high voice and piano ], from Huit mélodies, no. 4, Bruxelles: Schott Frères, also set in French (Français), also set in Dutch (Nederlands) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Mailied", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Jugend-Lieder, no. 3, Wien : Albert J. Gutmann [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Mailied", op. 71 (5 Goethe-Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1878 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Goethe-Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Darmstadt, Thies [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Mailied", published 1837 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Mailied", op. 6 no. 2 (1904), from Neun Lieder von W. Goethe, no. 2, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Carl Moltke (1783 - 1831), "Mailied", published [1814] [ voice and piano or guitar ], from Drey Lieder von Göthe mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Mailied", op. 48 (Deutsche Lieder von W. v. Göthe für eine Sopran- oder Tenorstimme ) no. 5, published [1827?] [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin: Bei Fr. Laue [sung text not yet checked]
• by Eduard Rommel , "Mailied", op. 16 (Zwei Lieder im Volkston für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alfred Schlenker (1876 - 1950), "Mailied", published 1905 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Emmy Schlieffen , "Mailied", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
• by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Mailied", 1899 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Mailied", op. 13 no. 3 (1876) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Richard Ferdinand Würst (1824 - 1881), "Mailied", op. 72 (Drei Gesänge für 1 Mittelstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 2, published 1877 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Wo gehts Liebchen?", 1810 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Mailied", op. 2 (Dreizehn Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier), Heft 1 no. 5 (1894-6) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Emmanuel Hiel (1834 - 1899) ; composed by Gustave Léon Huberti.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation possibly by Maurice Kufferath (1852 - 1919) and possibly by Gustave Lagye (1843 - 1908); composed by Eva Dell'Acqua, Gustave Léon Huberti, Emil Nikolaus von Rezniček.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title ; composed by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de mai", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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