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by Alois (Isidor) Jeitteles (1794 - 1858)

Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA LIT SPA
Auf dem Hügel sitz ich, spähend
In das blaue Nebelland,
Nach den fernen Triften sehend,
Wo ich dich, Geliebte, fand.

Weit bin ich von dir geschieden,
Trennend liegen Berg und Tal
Zwischen uns und unserm Frieden,
Unserm Glück und unsrer Qual.

Ach, den Blick kannst du nicht sehen,
Der zu dir so glühend eilt,
Und die Seufzer, sie verwehen
In dem Raume, der uns teilt.

Will denn nichts mehr zu dir dringen,
Nichts der Liebe Bote sein?
Singen will ich, Lieder singen,
Die dir klagen meine Pein!

Denn vor Liedesklang entweichet
Jeder Raum und jede Zeit,
Und ein liebend Herz erreichet,
Was ein liebend Herz geweiht!

Note for stanza 5, line 1, word 3: Different editions of Beethoven's song have a discrepancy here. Peters Edition (n.d., reissued 1949) has "Liedesklang" but G. Schirmer has "Liebesklang" (1902, 1929).


Text Authorship:

  • by Alois (Isidor) Jeitteles (1794 - 1858) [author's text not yet checked 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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend", op. 98 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from An die ferne Geliebte, no. 1 [sung text checked 2 times]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Sec dalt d’un turó a l’aguait", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Op de heuvel zit ik, turend", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Lynn Thompson) , "On the hill sit I, peering", copyright © 1997, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Angelika Frenzel) , "Je suis assis sur la colline, les yeux fixés", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Sulla collina sto seduto, guardando lontano", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Ant kalvos dairaus aplinkui", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Sobre la colina me siento a contemplar", copyright © 2016, (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: 20
Word count: 106

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