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Und geh[e]st du über den Kirchhof, Da find'st du ein frisches Grab; Da senkten sie mit Thränen Ein schönes Herz hinab. Und fragst du, woran's gestorben? Kein Grabstein Antwort giebt; Doch leise flüstern die [Lüftchen]1, Es hatte zu heiß geliebt.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Brahms: "Winde"
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Veilchenprinz, first published 1850 [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 Albert Felix, Graf Amadei (1851 - 1894), "Und gehst du über den Kirchhof", op. 18 (Vier Lieder für 1 höhere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1892 [ high voice or medium and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Vier Lieder aus dem Jungbrunnen IV", op. 44 (Zwölf Lieder und Romanzen für Frauenchor a capella oder mit willk. Pianofortebegleitung) no. 10 (1859-60?), published 1867 [ SSAA chorus with optional piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Erler , "Zu heiss geliebt", op. 15 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Nachruf", op. 69 no. 1, published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], from Neue Gedichte für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Und gehst du über den Kirchhof ", op. 36 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Und geh'st du über den Kirchhof", op. 67 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme und Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1888 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Semon, M. D. (1849 - 1921), "Tödtliche Liebe", op. 8 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem "Jungbrunnen" v. P. Heyse) no. 3, published 1883 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Kelly Dean Hansen) , "If you go across the churchyard", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2005-08-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 40
If you go across the churchyard, You will find a freshly dug grave; They laid there, with tears, A lovely heart down to rest. And if you ask what caused its death, No gravestone will give an answer; But the winds will whisper softly That it loved too ardently.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2010 by Kelly Dean Hansen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Veilchenprinz, first published 1850
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 49