Seufzer

Die Nachtigall
Singt überall
Auf grünen Reisen
Die besten Weisen,
Daß ringsum Wald
Und Ufer schallt.

Manch junges Paar
Geht dort, wo klar
Das Bächlein rauschet,
Und steht, und lauschet
Mit frohem Sinn
Der Sängerin.

Ich höre bang'
Im düstern Gang
Der Nachtigallen
Gesänge schallen;
Denn ach! allein
Irr' ich im Hain.

Authorship

by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748-1776) , "Seufzer", from Oden und Lieder - Zweites Buch, no. 2

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

by Moritz Hauptmann (1792-1868) , "Seufzer", op. 37 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1852 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Siegel
by Eduard Hille (1822-1891) , "Der Mädchen Frühlingslied", op. 38 (Drei Lieder für 4 weiblichen Stimmen) no. 2, published 1874 [vocal quartet for female voices with piano], Hannover, Nagel ; note: this may be the wrong text for this title. The incipit in Hofmeister is "Die Nachtigall singt"
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "Seufzer", 1827.
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "Seufzer"
by Albert Meyer , "Seufzer", published 1875 [voice and piano], in Die musikalische Welt, Braunschweig, Litolff
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Seufzer", D. 198 (1815).
by Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750-1817) , "Seufzer", op. 40 (Sechs Lieder mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte von Hölty) no. 1 [voice and piano], Augsburg, Gombart, No. 290

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

ENG English (Richard Morris) , "Sighs", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zuchten", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , title unknown, copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Sighs

The nightingale
Sings everywhere
On green twigs
In the best manner,
That resounds all around woods
And river banks.

Many young couples
Go there, where the clear
Brooklet murmurs
And stand and listen
happily
To the songstress.

I anxiously hear
on a gloomy path
The Nightingales'
Song resounding,
Because Oh! alone
I wander in the grove.

Permission is hereby granted to anyone who wishes to reprint this translation provided that an acknowledgement of authorship and copyright is given.

Authorship

Translation from German to English copyright © by Richard Morris, http://www.franzschubert.org.uk/

a text in German by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748-1776) , "Seufzer", from Oden und Lieder - Zweites Buch, no. 2 DUT FRE

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.