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Dort hoch auf der Alpe da ist meine Welt,
Da wo's mir auf Erden am Besten gefällt:
Da duften die Kräuter, da murmelt der Quell,
Da klingen die Glöcklein so lustig und hell,
juchhe! so lustig und hell.
Da schau' ich die Dörfer in Nebel und Rauch,
Und athme der Bergesluft stärkenden Hauch;
Da weiß ich von keinem Gelärm' und Geschrei,
Und spiel' einen Ländler auf meiner Schalmei,
juchhe! auf meiner Schalmei.
Und treibt mich der Winter hinunter ins Thal,
Dann denk' ich: der Sommer kommt wieder einmal!
Der Sommer der bringt mich zur Alpe zurück:
Da droben ist Alles, mein Leben, mein Glück,
juchhe! mein Leben, mein Glück.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Hoffmann's von Fallersleben Gesammelte Werke, Herausgegeben von Dr. Heinrich Gerstenberg, Zweiter Band: Lyrische Gedichte: Kinderleben, Die vier Jahreszeiten, Berlin: F. Fontane, 1891, page 189.
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Der Alpenhirt", written 1848, appears in Kinderlieder [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-09
Line count: 15
Word count: 117
Yonder, high upon the alpine meadow, there is my world,
The place upon earth that I like best:
There the herbs emit their scent, there the water-spring murmurs,
There the little bells ring so merrily and brightly,
hurray! so merrily and brightly.
There I see the villages in mist and smoke,
And breathe strengthening mountain air;
There I know of no noise and screaming,
And play a Ländler upon my shawm,
hurray! upon my shawm.
And when winter drives me down into the valley,
Then I think: summer will return sometime!
Summer will bring me back to the alpine meadow:
Up there is everything, my life, my happiness,
hurray! my life, my happiness.
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of titles:
"Alpenleben" = "Alpine life"
"Der Alpenhirt" = "The alpine shepherd"
"Der Hirtenknabe" = "The shepherd lad"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Der Alpenhirt", written 1848, appears in Kinderlieder
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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-15
Line count: 15
Word count: 121