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Es segeln die Wolken, Weiß niemand wohin; Die Lüfte, sie rauschen, [Wer sagt mir wohin?]1 Sie wandern zusammen, Sie kommen und flieh'n, Mag Keiner mir künden, Wohin wohl, wohin? So zieh' ich ins Leben Mit fröhlichem Sinn, Doch frage mich niemand, Wohin wohl, wohin? Noch duften die Blüten, [Noch lacht mir]2 das Grün, Glückauf zu dem Wandern, Weiß selbst nicht wohin.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Die Deutsche Schaubühne, neunter Jahrgang, ed. by Martin Perels, Leipzig: Oskar Leiner, 1868, page 40. Appears in Lieder eines fahrenden Comödianten, von Fritz Brentano, no. 2.
1 Wolf: "Wohin wohl, wohin?"2 Wolf: "Noch locket"
Text Authorship:
- by Fritz Brentano (1840 - 1914), no title [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 Gustav Langer (1830 - 1889), "Frühlingswanderung", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Mannheim, Sohler & Donecker [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Wanderlied (Aus einem alten Liederbuche)", 1877, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder aus der Jugendzeit, no. 2, Berlin : Bote & Bock
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 63
Les nuages font route, Personne ne sait vers où ? La brise murmure, Vers où, vers où ? Ils voyagent ensemble, Ils viennent et s'en vont, Quelqu'un peut-il me dire Vers où, vers où ? Ainsi je vais dans la vie Avec l'esprit heureux, Mais personne ne me demande Vers où, vers où ? Les fleurs sentent encore, La verdure attire encore, Bonne chance à la promenade Bien que je sache pas vers où.
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Translation of title "Wanderlied" = "Chant du voyageur"Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Fritz Brentano (1840 - 1914), no title
This text was added to the website: 2014-11-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 70