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Wie trag' ich doch im Sinne So wunderfrohen Muth! Das kommt von süßer Minne, Die heimlich brennen thut. Dadraußen lacht der Mai, Nun geht's ans Wandern frei; Und böt' man hundert Gulden mir, Ich wär' nicht mit dabei. Mein Schatz hat lichte Haare Und Wänglein weiß und roth; Von ihr will ich nicht fahren, Es scheid' uns denn der Tod. In aller weiten Welt Mir nichts so wohl gefällt; Seit ich mein'n Schatz zuerst erschaut, Ist's Wandern mir vergällt. Drei Wochen nach Michaele Geht's an ein lustig Frei'n. So froh mag keine Seele Auf dieser Erde sein. Ein eigen Haus und Herd Ist Kaiserkronen werth, Und kommt mir je das Wandern an, Ich mach' schon zeitig Kehrt.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with [Paul Heyse], Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker, Königl. Hofbuchhändler, 1850, page 94.
Note for stanza 1, line 5: modern German would use "Da draussen"
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Das Märchen von Musje Morgenroth und Jungfer Abendbrod, first published 1850 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-04-01
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Word count: 127
How I do carry in my mind Such a wondrously joyful spirit! That comes from sweet love, Which burns secretly. Outdoors May is laughing, Now is the time for free wandering; And if one offered me a hundred guilders, I would not be among the wanderers. My darling has bright hair, And cheeks of white and red, And I will never leave her Unless death should part us. In the great wide world Nothing pleases me so well; Since the first time I saw my darling, Wandering has been spoiled for me. Three weeks after Michaelmas There shall be a merry wedding. No soul upon this earth Can be this happy. My own house and hearth Is worth the crowns of emperors, And should I ever be struck by the urge to wander, I shall certainly turn around in a timely manner.
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"Musje Morgenrots Lied" = "Song of Musje Morgenroth
"Wandern vorbei" = "Wandering is over"
"Wie trag ich doch im Sinne" = "How I do bear within my mind"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Das Märchen von Musje Morgenroth und Jungfer Abendbrod, first published 1850
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 147