by
Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896)
Willkommen, mein Wald
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG ENG
Willkommen, mein Wald,
Grünschattiges Haus!
Durch die Wipfel schon hallt
Mir dein grüßend Gebraus.
Wie trink ich in Zügen
Mich frisch und gesund,
Hier athm' ich Genügen
Aus Herzensgrund!
Zum grasigen Hang,
Aufsteigend vom Thal,
[Dringt]1 der Glocken Klang
Und des Abends Strahl.
Und es rauscht in der Eiche
Hochstrebendem Baum
Im grünen Bereiche
Ein Liedestraum.
Den Blumen gesellt
Auf Rasen und Moos,
Tief schau ich die Welt
Und den Himmel, wie groß!
Und ich träume im Schweigen
[Waldschattiger]2 Ruh,
Den Himmel mein eigen,
Die Erde dazu!
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Confirmed with Otto Roquette, Liederbuch, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta’scher Verlag, 1852, pages 45-46
1 Franz: "Drängt"
2 Franz: "Der schattigen"
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (1859 - 1937), "Waldruhe", op. 8 (Drei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1884 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Willkommen mein Wald", op. 21 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Kleinmichel (1846 - 1901), "Willkommen, mein Wald", op. 31 no. 5, published 1892 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor, no. 5, Hamburg und Leipzig: D. Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Pauls , "Willkommen mein Wald ", op. 12 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 3, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Th. Schröder [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sarah Daughtrey) (Eike Gunnarson) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 87
Welcome my wood
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Welcome my wood,
Green-shaded house!
Through the treetops already echoes
To me your greeting rustle.
How I drink myself
fresh and healthy gulps
Here I breathe contentment
From the bottom of my heart.
To the grassy slope,
Ascending from the valley,
Soars the bell’s ringing
And the evening’s ray.
And it rustles in the oak’s
High-striving tree,
In the green domains
A dream-song.
The flowers join
On the lawn and moss,
Deep I see the world
And heaven so great!
And I dream in silence
Of shady rest,
Of heaven my own,
Of earth also!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), "Waldruhe"
This text was added to the website: 2017-05-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 95