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Wer hat dich, du schöner Wald, Aufgebaut so hoch da droben? Wohl den Meister will ich loben, Solang noch mein' [Stimm']1 erschallt: Lebe wohl, Lebe wohl, du schöner Wald! Tief die Welt verworren schallt, Oben einsam Rehe grasen. Und wir ziehen [froh]2 und blasen, Daß es tausendfach verhallt: Lebe wohl, Lebe wohl, du schöner Wald! Banner, der so kühle wallt! Unter deinen grünen Wogen Hast du treu uns auferzogen Frommer Sagen Aufenthalt! Lebe wohl, Lebe wohl, du schöner Wald! Was wir still gelobt im Wald, Wollen's draußen ehrlich halten, Ewig bleiben treu die Alten: Bis das letzte Lied verhallt: Lebe wohl, Schirm' dich Gott, du deutscher Wald!
F. Mendelssohn sets stanzas 1-2, 4
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View original text (without footnotes)Note for stanza 4, lines 4-6: another edition of Eichendorff has the following:
Deutsch Panier, das rauschend wallt: Lebe wohl, schirm dich Gott, du schöner Wald!"1 Mendelssohn: "Stimme"
2 Mendelssohn: "fort"
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der Jäger Abschied", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Zeitlieder [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Der Jäger Abschied", op. 186 (Lieder und Chöre für 3 Frauenstimmen mit Pianoforte), Heft 6 (Bearbeitung nach Motiven von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) no. 25, published 1878 [ vocal trio of female voices or three-part women's chorus and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Der Jäger Abschied", op. 50 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 2 (1838), published 1840, stanzas 1-2,4 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Nuhn , "Abschied vom Walde", published 1874 [ mixed chorus, 2 waldhorns, and piano ad libitum ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "Der Jäger Abschied ", op. 8 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 2, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Guess) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-11-20
Line count: 24
Word count: 107
Who has made you, you beautiful forest, Built so high up there? I want to praise the Master As long as I still have voice. Farewell, Farewell, you beautiful forest! Deeply bewildering the world sends out sounds, Lonely deer grazing above, And we go forth and blow the horn So that it resounds a thousand-fold: Farewell, Farewell, you beautiful forest! [... ... ... ... ... ...] That which we quietly praised in the forest We want to preserve out in the world with honor, Our forebearers remain eternally faithful: German banner which floats rustling in the air Farewell! May God protect you, you beautiful forest!
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Note: This is a translation of Mendelssohn's version.
Translation of title "Der Jäger Abschied" = "The hunter's farewell"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der Jäger Abschied", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Zeitlieder
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 99