Where the mountains so blue | Where the mountains so blue

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by Alois (Isidor) Jeitteles (1794 - 1858)

Translation © by Lynn Thompson

Wo die Berge so blau

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA LIT SPA

Wo die Berge so blau
Aus dem nebligen Grau
Schauen herein,
Wo die Sonne verglüht,
Wo die Wolke umzieht,
Möchte ich sein!

Dort im ruhigen Tal
Schweigen Schmerzen und Qual.
Wo im Gestein
Still die Primel dort sinnt,
Weht so leise der Wind,
Möchte ich sein!

Hin zum sinnigen Wald
Drängt mich Liebesgewalt,
Innere Pein.
Ach, mich zög's nicht von hier,
Könnt ich, Traute, bei dir
Ewiglich sein!

Text Authorship:

by Alois (Isidor) Jeitteles (1794 - 1858) [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Wo die Berge so blau", op. 98 no. 2, from An die ferne Geliebte, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Allà on les muntanyes tan blaves", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Waar de bergen zo blauw", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Lynn Thompson) , "Where the mountains so blue", copyright © 1997, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Angelika Frenzel) , "Là où les monts si bleus", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Dove le montagne così azzurre", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Kur kalnų žydruma", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Donde las azules montañas", copyright © 2016, (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: 18
Word count: 68

Where the mountains so blue

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Where the mountains so blue
Out of the foggy gray
Look down,
Where the sun dies,
Where the cloud encircles,
I wish I were there!

There is the restful valley
Stilled are suffering and sorrow
Where in the rock
Quietly the primrose meditates,
Blows so lightly the wind,
I wish I were there!

There to the thoughtful wood
The power of love pushes me,
Inward sorrow,
Ah! This moves me not from here,
Could I, dear, by you
Eternally be!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 1997 by Lynn Thompson, (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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Alois (Isidor) Jeitteles (1794 - 1858)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 80