In de eik die met bladen

In de eik die met bladen
Haar venster omringt
Een vogelijn springt;
Zij wenschte zoo lang 
En zoo gaarne te raden 
waar't kweelend van zingt.

Wat staat gij en luistert 
met heimlijk verdriet
naar 't slepende lied?
Ik heb het zoo vaak
in u ooren gefluisterd
En weet gij't nog niet?

by Jan Pieter Heye (1809-1876)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858-1929) , "In de eik die met bladen", op. 3 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1879, also set in German

by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858-1929) , "Im Baum dessen Schatten", op. 3 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1879, also set in Dutch

Date added to the website: 2009-02-14.

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Im Baum dessen Schatten

Im Baum dessen Schatten
Ihr Fenster umringt
Ein Vögelein springt;
Sie wünschte so lang
Und so gerne zu rathen,
Was zwitschernd es singt.

Was lauschest du Mägdlein 
mit stillem Verdruss,
Des Vögeleins Gruss?
Ich sang dir's so oft
In das Herze hinein,
Und weisst du noch nicht,
Was heissen est muss?

Singable translation by Carl Hebbel

a text in Dutch by Jan Pieter Heye (1809-1876)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858-1929) , "Im Baum dessen Schatten", op. 3 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1879, also set in Dutch

Date added to the website: 2009-02-14.