Zwei Lieder , opus 6

by Johann Lewalter (1862 - 1935)

Translations available for the entire opus: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

1. Schweizerlied [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Swiss German (Schwizerdütsch)

[Uf'm]¹ Bergli
Bin i [gesässe]²,
Ha de Vögle
Zugeschaut;
Hänt gesunge,
Hänt gesprunge,
Hänts Nästli
Gebaut.

In ä Garte
Bin i [gestande]³,
Ha de Imbli
Zugeschaut;
Hänt gebrummet,
Hänt gesummet,
Hänt Zelli
Gebaut.

Uf [d' Wiese]⁴
Bin i gange,
Lugt'i Summer-
vögle a;
Hänt gesoge,
Hänt gefloge,
Gar [z'schön hänt's]⁵
Gethan.

Und da kummt nu
Der Hansel,
Und da zeig i
Em froh,
Wie sie's [mache]⁶,
Und mer [lache]⁷
Und [mache's]⁸
Au so.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Schweizerlied", written 1811, first published 1815

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zwitsers lied", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Thomas A. Gregg) , "The maiden in the meadow", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "On the hills", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant suisse", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, pages 169-170; with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1815, pages 155-156; and with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Original-Ausgabe. Wien, 1816. Bey Chr. Kaulfuß und C. Armbruster. Stuttgart. In der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. Gedruckt bey Anton Strauß, pages 170-171.

¹ Reichardt: "An ä"
² Schubert: "gsässe"
³ Schubert: "gstande"
⁴ Hiller: "di Wiese"
⁵ Goethe (Wien 1816 edition): "zu schön hänt s'"; and Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "zur schön hänts"
⁶ Goethe (1815 and 1816 edition), and Schubert: "machen"
⁷ Goethe (1815 and 1816 edition), and Schubert: "lachen"
⁸ Goethe (1815 and 1816 edition): "machen's"; and Schubert: "machens"

2. Wandrers Nachtlied [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch)

Über allen [Gipfeln]¹
Ist Ruh',
In allen Wipfeln
Spürest du
Kaum einen Hauch;
Die [Vögelein]² schweigen im Walde.
Warte nur, balde
Ruhest du auch.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), title 1: "Ein gleiches", title 2: "Wandrers Nachtlied", subtitle: "Ein gleiches", written 1780, first published 1815

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CZE Czech (Čeština) (Karel Dostál-Lutinov) , "Počkej", first published 1917
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Wim Reedijk) , "Boven alle bergen", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "The wanderer's night-song", appears in The Poems of Goethe, first published 1853
ENG English [singable] (Arthur Westbrook) , "Wanderer's night song"
RUS Russian (Русский) (Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky) , no title

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109; and with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1815, page 99.

Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the capitalized word "über" becomes "Ueber", but this is often due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, since the lower-case version is not "ueber", so we use "Über".

¹ Flügel, Gaugler, Hasse, Radecke: "Wipfeln" (according to the incipits given in Hofmeister) ; further changes may exist not noted above. Lachner: Both "Gipfeln" and "Wipfeln."
² Schubert: "Vöglein"
See also J.D. Falk's poem Unter allen Wipfeln ist Ruh.