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Ich [wandelte]1 unter den Bäumen mit meinem Gram allein; da kam das alte Träumen und schlich [mir ins Herz]2 hinein. Wer hat euch dies Wörtlein gelehret, ihr Vöglein in luftiger Höh'? Schweigt still! wenn mein Herz es höret, dann tut es noch einmal so weh. "Es kam ein Jungfräulein gegangen, die sang es immerfort, da haben wir Vöglein gefangen das hübsche, goldne Wort." Das sollt ihr mir nicht [mehr]3 erzählen, Ihr Vöglein [wunderschlau]4; ihr wollt meinem Kummer mir stehlen, ich aber niemandem trau'.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Dieren: "wanderte"
2 Fanny Mendelssohn: "ins Herz mir"
3 omitted by Rheinberger and Schumann.
4 Rheinberger: "so wunderschlau"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 3 [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 Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", from Liederkreis, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Ich wanderte unter den Bäumen", 1918, published 1932 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Th. Eckelmann , "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Wolfgang von Ehrenstein (? - 1870), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", op. 9 (Jugendträume : Muskalische Deklamationen), Heft 2 no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen" [ voice and piano ], from Buch der Lieder - Junge Leiden - Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Hellmesberger, jun. (1855 - 1907), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Wien, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", 1838 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hirsch Liwschitz , "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anna Mier, Gräfin , "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Wien, Wessely [sung text not yet checked]
- by Béla Nemes Hegyi , "Ich wandelte unter Bäumen", from Acht Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", op. 24 no. 3 (1840), published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis von Heinrich Heine, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Moritz Siering (1821 - 1892), "Ich Niemand trau", op. 6 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. von Sigmond , "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", op. 19, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Alexander Veit (1842 - 1911), "Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen", op. 8 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Buch der Lieder - Junge Leiden", 2014 [ voice and piano ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862) ; composed by Edison Vasilyevich Denisov.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ik wandelde onder de bomen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I wandered among the trees", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je déambulais sous les arbres", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Erravo sotto gli alberi", copyright © 2006, (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: 16
Word count: 83
I wandered among the trees, alone with my suffering; along came that old dream and crept into my heart. Who taught you this little word, you tiny birds in the airy heights? Be quiet! if my heart hears it, then all my pain will return. "It came from a young woman, who sang it again and again; that is how we tiny birds captured this pretty, golden word." You should not explain this to me now, you tiny, cunning birds; you wanted to steal my grief from me, but I trust no one.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 3
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 93