A wanderer travels upon distant paths

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by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wand'rer zieht auf fernen Wegen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wand'rer zieht auf fernen Wegen
    In der Brust der Sehnsucht Qual,
Horch, da tönt die Abendglocke
    Lieblich durch das stille Thal.
 
Und der Wand'rer steht und lauschet,
    Auf den Stab gestützt, ihr zu:
"Abendglöckchen, Abendglöckchen,
    Wiegst nun Alt und Jung zur Ruh!"
 
"Wiegst zur Ruhe alle, alle,
    Und mit ihnen Lust und Schmerz,
Wann, o Glöckchen, rufst du endlich
    Auch zur Ruh', zur Ruh' mein Herz?"

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Confirmed with Cyanen: Taschenbuch für 1840, Wien & Leipzig: Friedrich Wilhelm Pfautsch, pages 75-76

Text Authorship:

by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866), "Abendglocke", appears in Cyanen. Ein Liederkranz , no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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A wanderer travels upon distant paths

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A wanderer travels upon distant paths,
    In his breast the agony of yearning;
Hark, the evening bell sounds
    Beautifully through the quiet valley.
 
And the wanderer stands and listens to it,
    Leaning upon his staff:
“Little evening bell, little evening bell,
    You are now rocking old and young to rest!"
 
"You are rocking to rest everyone, everyone,
    And with them joy and sorrow,
When, o little bell, shall you finally call
    To rest, to rest, my heart as well?”

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Translated titles:
"Das Abendglöckchen" = "The little evening bell"
"Abendglöckchen" = "Little evening bell"
"Die Abendglocke" = "The evening bell"
"Abendglocken" = "Evening bells"
"Abendglocke" = "Evening bell"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866), "Abendglocke", appears in Cyanen. Ein Liederkranz , no. 1
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