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Im Waldesweben ist es Ruh, Die [Veiglein thun]1 die Augen zu, Der Drossel letzter Sang verhallt -- -- Und nur wir Zwei sind noch im Wald! Es dämmert leis -- feucht fällt der Thau, Feucht ist dein Aug', du schöne Frau, [Und]2 Alles stumm - kein Laut erschallt -- -- Und nur wir Zwei sind noch im Wald! Mir graut, mir graut, du süße Fee, Vor all' der Schönheit, die ich seh', Mein Herz so heiß, dein Herz so kalt -- -- Und nur wir Zwei sind noch im Wald!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Hochland-Lieder von Karl Stieler, Stuttgart, Meyer & Zeller's Verlag (Friedrich Vogel), 1879, page 103.
Note: titled "Waldesgang" in the 1908 edition.1 in the 1908 edition: "Vöglein tun"
2 1908 version: "'s ist"; Thuille: "S'ist"
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Waldesgesang", appears in Hochland-Lieder, in 8. Wanderstunden, no. 5, first published 1879 [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 Anna von Kühlmann-Redwitz (1852 - 1924), "Waldesgesang", op. 6 (Neun Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 9, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sylvio Lazzari (1857 - 1944), "Im Waldesweben ist es Ruh'", published 1883 [ low voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Raillard (1864 - 1929), "Waldesgang", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Waldesgang", op. 7 no. 1, published 1890 [ high voice and piano ], from Von Lieb' und Leid, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-03-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 82
There is peace in the weaving of the forest, The little birds close their eyes, The last song of the thrush dies away And only we two are still in the forest! Twilight approaches quietly, the dew falls damply, Your eyes are tear-filled, you beautiful woman. [And everything]1 is mute - no sound rings out And only we two are still in the forest! I am seized with dread, I am seized with dread, you sweet fairy, Before all the beauty that I see, My heart so enflamed, your heart so cold - And only we two are still in the forest!
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View original text (without footnotes)Translation of title "Waldesgang" = "Forest walk"
1 Thuille: "Everything"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Waldesgesang", appears in Hochland-Lieder, in 8. Wanderstunden, no. 5, first published 1879
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 100