Ik wandelde onder de bomen | Ik wandelde onder de bomen

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Ich [wandelte]¹ unter den Bäumen
mit meinem Gram allein;
da kam das alte Träumen
und schlich [mir ins Herz]² hinein.

Wer hat euch dies Wörtlein gelehret,
ihr Vöglein in luftiger Höh'?
Schweigt still! wenn mein Herz es höret,
dann tut es noch einmal so weh.

"Es kam ein Jungfräulein gegangen,
die sang es immerfort,
da haben wir Vöglein gefangen
das hübsche, goldne Wort."

Das sollt ihr mir nicht [mehr]³ erzählen,
Ihr Vöglein [wunderschlau]⁴;
ihr wollt meinem Kummer mir stehlen,
ich aber niemandem trau'.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• B. Dieren • J. Rheinberger • R. Schumann

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¹ Dieren: "wanderte"
² Fanny Mendelssohn: "ins Herz mir"
³ omitted by Rheinberger and Schumann.
⁴ Rheinberger: "so wunderschlau"

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 3 [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 Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", from Liederkreis, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Ich wanderte unter den Bäumen", 1918, published 1932 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Th. Eckelmann , "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen" [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Wolfgang von Ehrenstein (d. 1870), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", op. 9 (Jugendträume : Muskalische Deklamationen), Heft 2 no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen" [ voice and piano ], from Buch der Lieder - Junge Leiden - Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Joseph Hellmesberger, jun. (1855 - 1907), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Wien, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", 1838 [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen" [sung text not yet checked]
by Hirsch Liwschitz , "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen" [sung text not yet checked]
by Anna Mier, Gräfin , "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Wien, Wessely [sung text not yet checked]
by Béla Nemes Hegyi , "Ich wandelte unter Bäumen", from Acht Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", op. 24 no. 3 (1840), published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis von Heinrich Heine, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Moritz Siering (1821 - 1892), "Ich Niemand trau", op. 6 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by A. von Sigmond , "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", op. 19, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
by Emil Alexander Veit (1842 - 1911), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", op. 8 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]

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by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Buch der Lieder - Junge Leiden", 2014 [ voice and piano ]
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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862) ; composed by Edison Vasilyevich Denisov.
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Ik wandelde onder de bomen

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Ik wandelde onder de bomen
Met mijn verdriet alleen;
Daar kwam het oude dromen
En sloop mij in 't hart meteen.
 
Hoe kwam je dit woordje ter ore,
O vogels, hoog vliegend zo fijn?
Wees stil! Mocht mijn hart het horen,
Dan doet het nog eens zoveel pijn.
 
"Er is een jong meisje gekomen,
Die zong het steeds maar door,
Toen hebben wij, vogels, vernomen
Dat leuke gouden woord."
 
Dat moet je mij voortaan verhelen,
O vogels, lief gemeen;
Je wilt vast mijn leed mij ontstelen,
Ik echter wantrouw elkeen.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 3
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-14
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Word count: 90