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Vom Grund bis zu den Gipfeln, So weit man sehen kann, Jetzt blüht's in allen Wipfeln, Nun geht das Wandern an: Die Quellen von den Klüften, Die Ström' auf grünem Plan, Die Lerchen hoch in Lüften, Der Dichter frisch voran. Und die im Tal verderben In trüber Sorgen Haft, Er möcht sie alle werben Zu dieser Wanderschaft. Und von den Bergen nieder Erschallt sein Lied ins Tal, Und die zerstreuten Brüder Faßt Heimweh allzumal. Da wird die Welt so munter Und nimmt die Reiseschuh, Sein Liebchen mittendrunter Die nickt ihm heimlich zu. Und über Felsenwände Und auf dem grünen Plan Das wirrt und jauchzt ohn Ende -- Nun geht das Wandern an!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Gedichte, Berlin, Verlag von M. Simion, 1841, page 4.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Allgemeines Wandern", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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From the valley to the mountaintops, As far as the eye can see, There is a blossoming in all the treetops. Now the wandering begins: The water springs from the rocky crags, The rivers on the green plains, The larks high in the air, The poet briskly before them all. And those who in the valley Are blighted and constrained by anxieties, The poet wishes to entice them all To join into this wandering. And down from the mountains His song rings out into the valley, And the scattered brethren Are all seized by homesickness. Then the world becomes so merry And a man takes his walking shoes; His beloved in the midst of all this, She nods to him clandestinely. And over the rocky cliffs And upon the green plain There is endless whirring and rejoicing -- Now the wandering begins!
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View text with all available footnotesTranslated titles:
"Allgemeines Wandern" = "Generally popular wandering"
"Wanderlied" = "Wandering song"
"Vom Grund bis zu den Gipfeln" = "From the valley to the mountaintops"
"Wanderschaft" = "Wanderings"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Allgemeines Wandern", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-01
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Word count: 146