Farewell from the forest | Now from the dying forest

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by Friedrich Wilhelm Traugott Schöpff (1826 - 1916), as Wilfried von der Neun

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Abschied vom Walde

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Nun scheidet vom sterbenden Walde
Der Wandrer mit Herz und Mund:
»Wie wardst du mir lieb so balde,
Was sangst du mir vor allstund!

Wohl wußt' ich deine Sprache,
Wohl kannt' ich deinen Sang,
Und will's an manchem Tage
Nachsingen trüb und bang.

Doch nun, o Wald, dein Rauschen,
Dein Brausen laß mir sein!
Nicht alles mag ich tauschen
Für Herbstes Melodein!«

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Wilhelm Traugott Schöpff (1826 - 1916), as Wilfried von der Neun [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 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Abschied vom Walde", op. 89 no. 4 (1850), published 1850 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gesänge von Wilfried von der Neun, no. 4, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Adéu al bosc", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Afscheid van het woud", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Farewell from the forest", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Adieu à la forêt", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 12
Word count: 62

Farewell from the forest

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Now from the dying forest
The wanderer departs with heart and lips:
"How quickly I became fond of you,
What you sang for me in every hour!"

I understood your language,
I knew your song,
And on many a day yet I would like
To repeat it after you, drearily and anxiously.

But now, oh forest, let your soughing,
Your roaring cease!
I do not wish to exchange everything
For the melodies of autumn!"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Wilhelm Traugott Schöpff (1826 - 1916), as Wilfried von der Neun
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This text was added to the website: 2013-07-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 74