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Wie trag' ich doch im Sinne So wunderfrohen Muth! Das kommt von süßer Minne, Die heimlich brennen thut. [Dadraußen lacht der Mai]1, Nun geht's ans Wandern frei; Und böt' man [hundert Gulden]2 mir, Ich wär' nicht mit dabei. Mein Schatz hat lichte Haare [Und]3 Wänglein weiß und roth; Von ihr will ich nicht fahren, Es scheid' uns denn der Tod. In aller weiten Welt Mir nichts so wohl gefällt; Seit ich mein'n Schatz zuerst erschaut, Ist's Wandern mir vergällt. Drei Wochen nach [Michaele]4 [Geht's an]5 ein lustig Frei'n. So froh mag keine Seele Auf dieser Erde sein. Ein eigen Haus und Herd [Ist]6 Kaiserkronen werth, Und kommt mir je das Wandern an, Ich mach' schon zeitig Kehrt.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with [Paul Heyse], Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker, Königl. Hofbuchhändler, 1850, page 94.
1 Kahn: "Im Walde lacht der Maie"2 Kahn: "tausend Kronen"
3 Kahn: "Hat"
4 Kahn: "Michele"
5 Kahn: "Da giebt's"
6 Kahn: "Sind"
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Das Märchen von Musje Morgenroth und Jungfer Abendbrod, first published 1850 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Musje Morgenrots Lied", 1848 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Wie trag' ich doch im Sinne", op. 46 no. 5 (1906), published 1906 [ voice and piano trio ], from Sieben Lieder mit Klaviertrio nach Paul Heyses "Jungbrunnen", no. 5, Berlin: Verlag von Albert Stahl [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Wie trag ich doch im Sinne", op. 47 (Neun Lieder im Volkston) no. 8 (1906) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Semon, M. D. (1849 - 1921), "Wandern vorbei", op. 8 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem "Jungbrunnen" v. P. Heyse) no. 6, published 1883 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-01
Line count: 24
Word count: 124
How I do carry in my mind Such a wondrously joyful spirit! That comes from sweet love, Which burns secretly. [Outdoors May is laughing]2, Now is the time for free wandering; And if one offered me a [hundred guilders]3, I would not be among the wanderers. My darling has bright hair, [And]4 cheeks of white and red, And I will never leave her Unless death should part us. In the great wide world Nothing pleases me so well; Since the first time I saw my darling, Wandering has been spoiled for me. Three weeks after Michaelmas There shall be a merry wedding. No soul upon this earth Can be this happy. My own house and hearth Is worth the crowns of emperors, And should I ever be struck by the urge to wander, I shall certainly turn around in a timely manner.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Musje Morgenrots Lied" = "Song of Musje Morgenroth1"
"Wandern vorbei" = "Wandering is over"
"Wie trag ich doch im Sinne" = "How I do bear within my mind"
2 Kahn: "In the woods May is laughing"
3 Kahn: "a thousand crowns"
4 Kahn: "Has"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Das Märchen von Musje Morgenroth und Jungfer Abendbrod, first published 1850
This text was added to the website: 2019-07-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 147