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by Bruno Heinrich Eelbo (1853 - 1917)

Ich bin meine Straße gegangen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ich bin meine Straße gegangen
Mein Leben lang allein --
Im Herzen ein Sehnen und Bangen
Nach etwas Sonnenschein.

Einst strahlten wie himmlische Sonnen
Zwei Augen durch meine Nacht:
Es war ein Traum, der zerronnen --
O, wär ich nimmer erwacht.

Die Jahre kommen und schwinden;
Es soll nicht anders sein:
Ich werde wohl nimmer finden
Die Liebe, den Sonnenschein.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Bruno Eelbo, Sonnige Tage: Lieder aus einem alten Skizzenbuche, Leipzig: Verlag von H. Haessel, 1888, pages 101-102


Text Authorship:

  • by Bruno Heinrich Eelbo (1853 - 1917), no title, appears in Sonnige Tage: Lieder aus einem alten Skizzenbuche, in Mädchenlieder, no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Henning Karl Adam von Koss (1855 - 1913), "Der Einsame", op. 13 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Alfred Tofft (1865 - 1931), "Ich bin meine Strasse gegangen", op. 15, Heft 1 (Mädchenlieder) no. 4, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Mädchenlieder und andere Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The solitary one", copyright © 2018, (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: 2013-05-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 58

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