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by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856)

Auf langer Haide wallt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
   Auf langer Haide wallt
Die Wolke [kreuz und quer.]1
Sie geht ohn' Aufenthalt,
Sie wandert hin und her.
O käm' sie doch zum Felsensprung,
Der niederstürtzt ins Thal!
Sie möcht' hinab in raschem Schwung, --
Sie träumt es tausendmal.

   Vergebens daß sie späht
Das geht in gleichem Lauf.
Verloren nieder geht
Der Weg und schleicht sich auf.
Ist denn kein Vogel hier herum,
[Zu weisen ihr]2 den Weg?
Auf öder Haid' ist alles stumm;
Kein Mensch betritt den Steg.

   [So]3 kommt sie endlich auch
Zum [Bergsee still]4 und tief,
Im Schilf ein müder Hauch,
O wer da [drunten]5 schlief'!
Und leise, leise dehnt sich hin
Darauf das sanfte Grau,
Und thaut und sinkt und stirbt darin,--
Der See dann lächelt blau.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Lang 

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Confirmed with C. Reinhold, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Carl Mäcken, 1853, page 68.

1 Lang: "hin und her"
2 Lang: "Der zeigte mir"; this was the wording in both of Köstlin’s poetry manuscripts, which Lang would have used as her source, since she composed the song ten years before the poem was published.
3 Lang: "Und"
4 Lang: "Berg-See schwarz"
5 Lang: "unten"

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Die Wolke", written 1843, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, first published 1853 [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Die wandernde Wolke", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6 (1843), published 1845 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 126

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