Translation Singable translation by Addie Funk

Waldseligkeit
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE IRI SPA
Der Wald beginnt zu rauschen,
den Bäumen naht die Nacht,
als ob sie selig lauschen,
berühren sie sich sacht.

Und unter ihren Zweigen,
da bin ich ganz allein,
da bin ich ganz mein eigen :
ganz nur Dein!

Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Gesammelte Werke in drei Bände, Erster Band, S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin, 1920, Erlösungen, page 55.


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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Benaurança al bosc", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zalige bosrust", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Bliss in the woods", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Addie Funk) , "Forest solitude"
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Béatitude en forêt", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Aoibhneas sna Coillte", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "Felicidad del bosque", copyright © 2004, (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: 8
Word count: 38

Forest solitude
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
The woods begin a-sighing,
The night falls on the trees,
That one another nighing
Lo! whisper in the breeze.

Beneath their gentle rustle
I'm sitting all alone,
Lost to the world's loud bustle
All thine own.

From a Marx score.


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Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2013-10-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 36