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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Translation © by Michael P Rosewall
Durch schwankende Wipfel
Language: German (Deutsch)
Durch schwankende Wipfel Schießt [güldener]1 Strahl, Tief unter den Gipfeln Das [neblige]2 Tal. Fern hallt es [am]3 Schlosse, Das Waldhorn ruft, Es wiehern die Rosse In die Luft, in die Luft! Bald Länder und Seen [Durch]4 Wolkenzug Tief schimmernd zu sehen [In schwindelndem]5 Flug, Bald Dunkel wieder Hüllt Reiter und Roß, O [Lieb']6, o Liebe [So]7 laß mich los! - Immer weiter und weiter Die Klänge ziehn, Durch Wälder und Heiden Wohin, ach wohin? Erquickliche Frische, Süß-schaurige Lust! Hoch flattern die Büsche, Frei schlägt die Brust.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Barth, Mendelssohn, Randhartinger: "goldener"; further changes may exist for Barth not noted above.
2 Franz: "neblichte"; Mendelssohn: "nebliche"
3 Mendelssohn, Randhartinger, Weismann: "vom"
4 Mendelssohn, Randhartinger: "Bald"
5 Randhartinger: "Im schwindelnden"
6 Randhartinger: "Liebe"
7 Franz: "O"
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe, in Anklänge, 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 Richard Barth (1850 - 1923), "Jagdlied", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Jagdlied", op. 1 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 9, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Adolf Lorenz, Dr. (1837 - 1923), "Jagdlied", op. 59 no. 6, published 1877 [ SATB chorus or men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Jagdlied", op. 59 no. 6 (1843) [ chorus ], from Sechs Lieder im Freien zu singen, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig Neuhoff , "Jagdlied", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Leichssenring [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Jagdlied" [ TTBB chorus and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (1812 - 1877), "Jagdlied", op. 26 (Zwölf Gesänge für eine Singstimme und Piano), Heft 2 no. 5, published 1849 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Jagdlied", op. 43 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5 (1909/10), published 1912 [ voice and piano ], Tischer & Jagenberg [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó de cacera", copyright © 2021, (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 (Michael P Rosewall) , "Hunting song", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À travers les cimes balancées", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 93
Hunting song
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Through waving tree tops Flickers a golden beam, Far below the top Of the misty valley. Afar, echoing from the castle The hunting horn calls, The steeds whinny, Into the air, into the air! Soon lands and seas, [Through]1 a procession of cloud, Appear to shimmer deeply In a dizzying flight. Then darkness again Veils rider and horse, O love, O love, [So]2 let me go! Still further and further The sounds carry, Through forests and fields, To where, o where? Refreshing coolness, Sweet terrifying joy! On high the thickets flutter, Freely beats the heart!
View original text (without footnotes)
1 Mendelssohn: "Soon"
2 Franz: "O"
1 Mendelssohn: "Soon"
2 Franz: "O"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2011 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 4. Frühling und Liebe, in Anklänge, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2011-05-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 97