Songs

O kühler Wald

by Johannes Brahms

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O kühler Wald
German source: Clemens Brentano

O kühler Wald,
Wo rauschest du,
In dem mein Liebchen geht?
O Widerhall,
Wo lauschest du,
Der gern mein Lied versteht?

Im Herzen tief,
Da rauscht der Wald,
In dem mein Liebchen geht,
In Schmerzen schlief
Der Widerhall,
Die Lieder sind verweht.

O cool forest
English translation © Richard Stokes

O cool forest,
In which my beloved walks,
Where are you murmuring?
O echo,
Where are you listening,
Who love to understand my song?

Deep in the heart
Is where the forest murmurs,
In which my beloved walks,
The echo
Fell asleep in sorrow,
The songs have blown away.

Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)

O kühler Wald
German source: Clemens Brentano

O cool forest
English source: Richard Stokes

O kühler Wald,
O cool forest,
Wo rauschest du,
In which my beloved walks,
In dem mein Liebchen geht?
Where are you murmuring?
O Widerhall,
O echo,
Wo lauschest du,
Where are you listening,
Der gern mein Lied versteht?
Who love to understand my song?

Im Herzen tief,
Deep in the heart
Da rauscht der Wald,
Is where the forest murmurs,
In dem mein Liebchen geht,
In which my beloved walks,
In Schmerzen schlief
The echo
Der Widerhall,
Fell asleep in sorrow,
Die Lieder sind verweht.
The songs have blown away.

Composer

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna.  Brahms has been considered, by his…

Poet

Clemens Brentano

Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano (also Klemens; pseudonym: Clemens Maria Brentano; 9 September 1778 – 28 July 1842) was a German poet and novelist, and a major figure of German Romanticism. Read more here. Read some of his selected poems in German here.

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