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Wo dein Fuß gegangen, Wo gehaucht dein Mund, Wo dein Blick gehangen: Da ist heil'ger Grund. Geh ich jetzt alleine, Wo du je [gewallt]1, Seh ich immer deine Weihende Gestalt.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Klaus Groth's Gesammelte Werke, Vierter Band, Plattdeutsche Erzählungen -- Hochdeutsche Gedichte, Kiel & Leipzig: Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, 1893, pages 234-235.
1 Jenner: "geweilt"Text Authorship:
- by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, written 1858 [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 Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Wo dein Fuss gegangen", op. 9 (Acht Gesänge) no. 4, published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by F. Hernandez , "Wo dein Fuss gegangen", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 7, Leipzig, Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Wo dein Fuss gegangen", op. 2 (Acht Lieder von Klaus Groth für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 8, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Parger , "Beim Abschied zu singen", op. 17, published 1883 [ alto or baritone and piano ], from Der Liebe Leid im Liede. Fünf Lieder für Alt (oder Baryton) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Wien, Buchholz & Diebel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-05-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 32
Where your foot trod, Where your mouth breathed, Where your gaze rested: That is holy ground. When I now walk alone Wherever you [wandered],1 I always see your Consecrating figure.
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View text without footnotesTranslated titles:
"Wo dein Fuß gegangen" = "Where your foot trod"
"Beim Abschied zu singen" = "To be sung at parting"
1 Jenner: "lingered"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, written 1858
This text was added to the website: 2015-12-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 31