Rain of Tears | We sat so comfortably together

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by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Wir saßen so traulich beisammen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE GRE ITA KOR POR

Wir saßen so traulich [beisammen]¹
Im kühlen Erlendach,
[Wir]² schauten so traulich zusammen
Hinab in den rieselnden Bach.

Der Mond war auch gekommen,
Die Sternlein hinterdrein,
Und schauten so traulich zusammen
In den silbernen Spiegel hinein.

Ich sah nach keinem Monde,
Nach keinem Sternenschein,
Ich schaute nach ihrem Bilde,
Nach [ihren Augen]³ allein.

Und sahe sie nicken und blicken
Herauf aus dem seligen Bach,
Die Blümlein am Ufer, die blauen,
Sie nickten und blickten ihr nach.

Und in den Bach versunken
Der ganze Himmel schien,
Und wollte mich mit hinunter
In seine Tiefe ziehn.

Und über den Wolken und Sternen
Da rieselte munter der Bach,
Und rief mit Singen und Klingen:
Geselle, Geselle, mir nach!

Da gingen die Augen mir über,
Da ward es im Spiegel so kraus;
Sie sprach: Es kommt ein Regen,
Ade, ich geh' nach Haus.

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• J. Lang • F. Schubert

J. Lang sets stanza 1

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Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Erstes Bändchen. Zweite Auflage. Deßau 1826. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 25-26; and with Sieben und siebzig Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Dessau, 1821. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 26-27.

First published in a slightly different version in Frauentaschenbuch für das Jahr 1818 von de la Motte Fouqué. Nürnberg, bei Joh. Leonh. Schrag, pages 348-349.

¹ Lang: "zusammen"
² Lang: "Und"
³ Schubert: "ihrem Auge"

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Thränenregen", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 12, first published 1818 [author's text checked 2 times 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by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), no title, stanza 1 [ voice and piano ], unpublished, undated, incomplete [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Tränenregen", op. 25 no. 10, D 795 no. 10 (1823), from Die schöne Müllerin, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Wir sassen so traulich beisammen", op. 67 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme und Pianoforte) no. 12, published 1888 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]

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

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 142

Rain of Tears

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

We sat so comfortably together
Under the cool roof of alders,
We gazed so quietly together
Down into the murmuring brook.

The moon was already out,
The stars after her,
And we gazed so quietly together
In the silver mirror there.

I sought to see no moon,
Nor the star's shine;
I looked only at her image,
At her eyes alone.

And I saw her reflection nod and gaze
Up from the blissful brook,
The flowerlets on the bank, the blue ones,
They nodded and gazed right back.

And into the brook seemed sunken
The entire heavens;
And seemed to want to pull me under
Into its depths as well.

And over the clouds and stars,
There murmured the brook
And called with singing and ringing:
Fellow, follow me!

Then my eyes filled with tears,
And made the mirror ripple:
She spoke: "The rain comes,
Farewell, I am going home."

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Thränenregen", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 12, first published 1818
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 150