Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn, Röslein auf der Heiden, War so jung und morgenschön, Lief er schnell es nah zu sehn, Sah's mit vielen Freuden. Röslein, Röslein, Röslein [roth]1, Röslein auf der Heiden. Knabe sprach: ich breche dich, Röslein auf der Heiden! Röslein sprach: ich steche dich, Daß du ewig denkst an mich, Und ich will's nicht leiden. Röslein, Röslein, Röslein roth, Röslein auf der Heiden. Und der wilde Knabe brach 's Röslein auf der Heiden; Röslein wehrte sich und stach, Half [ihr]2 doch kein Weh und Ach, Mußt' es eben leiden. Röslein, Röslein, Röslein roth, Röslein auf der Heiden.
Sechs Quartette für gemischten Chor a capella , opus 25
by Alexis Holländer (1840 - 1924)
Translations available for the entire opus: ENG FRE
1. Haidenröslein [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Heidenröslein", written 1771, first published 1772
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "野地上的小玫瑰", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Karel Dostál-Lutinov) , "Růžička"
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jan Evangelista Nečas) , "Růže pustých polí"
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Otokar Fischer) , "Růžička"
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Heideroosje", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Walter Meyer) , "Rose blossom on the heath", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ESP Esperanto (Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof) , "La rozeto"
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Valter Juva) , "Ruusu metsätiellä"
- FRE French (Français) [singable] (Édouard Bélanger) , "Rose sauvage"
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Petite rose de la lande", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Rosellina selvaggia", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 17.
First published in a different version by Johann Gottfried Herder in 1772 with the title "Fabelliedchen", and again in 1779 with the title "Röschen auf der Heide" (see below).
1 Lang: "schön"2 Reichardt: "ihm"
2. Wanderer's 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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- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- 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
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Trekkers nachtlied II", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Over all the peaks it is peaceful", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2005, (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"
- ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Yölaulu", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chant de nuit du voyageur II", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au sommet de tous les pics", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sopra ogni vetta", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canto notturno del viandante I", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky) , no title
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Mercedes Vivas) , "Sobre todas las cumbres", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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.
3. Wanderer's Nachtlied [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Der1 du [von dem Himmel]2 bist, [Alles Leid]3 und Schmerzen [stillest]4, Den, der doppelt elend ist, Doppelt mit [Erquickung füllest]5, Ach ich bin des Treibens müde! [Was soll all der Schmerz und Lust?]6 Süßer Friede, Komm, ach komm in [meine]7 Brust!
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Wandrers Nachtlied", written 1776, first published 1780
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Trekkers nachtlied", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Wanderer's night song", copyright ©
- ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "The wanderer's night-song", appears in The Poems of Goethe, first published 1853
- ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "O thou who from heaven art", first published 1911
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chant de nuit du voyageur I", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRL Friulian (Ermes Culos) , "Tu ch'i ti vèns dal paradìs", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canto notturno del viandante II", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Lewis Grenville) , "La cancion nocturna del caminante", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Goethe’s Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109.
First published in Christliches Magazin Herausgegeben von Joh. Konrad Pfenninger, Dritter Band, 1780, page 243, with the musical setting by Ph. Ch. Kayser.
1 Backer-Grøndahl’s score has a comma after this word (likely a typo)2 Kirchner: "von den Himmeln"; Hiller, Milcke: "vom Himmel" (further changes may exist not shown above)
3 Rust: "Kummer, Leid"
4 Schubert: "stillst"
5 Schubert: "Entzückung füllst"
6 Rust: "Bangen Schmerzes, wilder Lust,"; Arnim and J. Marx: "Was soll all der Schmerz, die Lust?"
7 Backer-Grøndahl: "meiner" (likely a typo)
4. In der Ferne [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Will ruhen unter den Bäumen hier, Die [Vögelein]1 hör' ich so gerne. Wie [singet]2 ihr so zum Herzen mir! Von [unsrer]3 Liebe was wisset ihr In dieser weiten Ferne? Will ruhen hier an des Baches Rand, Wo [duftige Blümlein]4 sprießen. Wer hat euch Blümlein, [hieher]5 gesandt? Seid ihr ein [herzliches]6 Liebespfand Aus der Ferne von meiner Süßen?
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "In der Ferne", written 1806, appears in Lieder, in Wanderlieder, no. 3, first published 1815
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Far away", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au loin", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Lontano", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Aggházy, Herrmann, Unger: "Vöglein"
2 Herrmann: "singt"
3 Andersson: "meiner"
4 Aggházy: "duftige Blumen"; Herrmann: "duft'ge Blumen"
5 Brahms, Andersson: "hierher"
6 Herrmann: "herzlich"
5. Künftiger Frühling [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wohl blühet jedem Jahre Sein Frühling mild und licht, Auch jener große, klare -- Getrost! er fehlt dir nicht; Er ist dir noch beschieden Am Ziele deiner Bahn, Du ahnest ihn hienieden, Und droben bricht er an.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), title 1: "Der grosse Frühling", title 2: "Künftiger Frühling", written 1827, appears in Lieder, in Frühlingslieder, no. 7
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Printemps futur", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Uhlands Werke, Erster Teil, Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year], page 41, titled "Künftiger Frühling". The poem was titled "Der grosse Frühling" in the fourth edition of the collection, 1829.
6. Abendwolken [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wolken seh' ich abendwärts ganz in reinste Glut getaucht, Wolken ganz in Licht zerhaucht, die so schwül gedunkelt hatten. Ja, mir sagt mein ahnend' Herz: Einst noch werden, ob auch spät, wenn die Sonne niedergeht, mir verklärt der Seele Schatten.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Abendwolken", appears in Lieder
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- ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "Evening clouds", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nuages du soir", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission