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Schon sank die Sonne nieder, Es ist geworden spät: Ein Wandrer wie ein Schatten Zieht hin [am]1 Felsenpfad. Er denkt an seine Heimat, [An seine]2 Jugendzeit, Die Jugend ist verschwunden, Die Heimat ist so weit. Da hört er fernher Glocken, Als riefen sie ihm zu: O bringt dem müden Wandrer, O bringet [mir auch]3 Ruh. Da schwindelt's ihm, er stürzet Vom Pfade gäh hinab, Tief unten in den Schluchten, Da findet er sein Grab. Die Abendglocken schweigen, Nur leise rauscht der Bach, Hinab die dunklen [Schluchten]4, Hinab mit Weh und Ach.
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View text without footnotes1 Strauss: "den"
2 Strauss: "Und an die"
3 Strauss: "auch mir"
4 Strauss: "Fluten"
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Der müde Wandrer", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Volksleben, in Romanzen [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Der müde Wanderer", WoO 13 (c1873), from Jugendlieder [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The weary wanderer", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le voyageur fatigué", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 96
The sun has already gone down, It has grown late: Like a shadow, a wanderer Moves along the rocky path. He thinks of his homeland, [Of the time of his youth;]1 Youth has passed away, Home is so far. Then from afar he hears bells, As if they were calling to him: Oh bring to the weary wanderer, Oh bring peace to me as well. He grows dizzy, he plunges Rapidly down from the pathway; Deep down in the gullies He finds his grave. The evening bells fall silent, Only the brook rushes quietly Down the dark [gullies],2 Down with a doleful outcry.
1 Strauss: "And of the time of youth"
2 Strauss: "waters"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Der müde Wandrer", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Volksleben, in Romanzen
This text was added to the website: 2016-07-13
Line count: 20
Word count: 105