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Lustig gewandert, Lustig, Gesellen! Es wandern die Wolken, Es wandern die Wellen. Wir ziehn wie der Sturmwind, Durch Wald und durch Feld. Und wo wir erscheinen, Gehört uns die Welt. Die Fässer, die alten, Die können erzählen, Wie gut wir geweckt Ihre schlummernden Seelen. Und, triffst du ein Mädchen Wo sinnend am Bach, Mit Grüßen von uns Ruf' die Träumerin wach! Wem einmal den Wandergruß Zurief die Liebe, Der folgt ihrem Zuge, Wohin er ihn triebe. Wer einmal verspürt hat Den seligen Duft, Den hält keine Hütte, Den hemmt keine Kluft. Ewig gewonnen, Ewig verloren! Und jeden Morgen Sind neu wir geboren: Ob Frost uns packt, Ob der Mittag brennt, -- Dem Wandrer befreundet Ist jed' Element. Wir finden doch Abends Die gastliche Hütte, Wir ziehen das Glöckchen Mit freundlicher Bitte. So süßen Ton Hört ein Wandrer allein, -- Und sollt' es auch endlich Das Sterbglöckchen sein!
G. Jenner sets stanzas 1-2, 4-5, 3
Confirmed with C. Reinhold, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Carl Mäcken, 1853, pages 3-5.
Text Authorship:
- by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Wanderlied", written <<1836, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte [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- by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Wanderlied", 1908, stanzas 1-2,4-5,3 [ voice and piano ], unpublished; manuscript at the Hessisches Musikarchiv [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Wandering song", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-02-09
Line count: 40
Word count: 146
Wander merrily, Merrily, comrades! The clouds wander, The waves wander. Like the storm-wind we pass Through forest and through field. And wherever we appear, The world is ours. The casks, the old ones, They can tell tales Of how well we woke Their slumbering souls. And should you meet a maiden Musing somewhere beside a brook, With greetings from us Waken the dreamer! He whom once love greeted With the call to wander, He follows in its lure Wherever it may take him. He who once has discerned The blessed scent, No hut can hold him, No chasm can delay him. Eternally attained, Eternally lost! And every morning We are born anew: If frost seizes us, If the noonday burns, Every one of the elements Is the friend of the wanderer. In the evening we nevertheless Find the hospitable hut, We pull the bell With a friendly request. Such a sweet sound Is heard by the wanderer alone,-- And even if it should finally Be the tolling of the funeral bell!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Wanderlied", written <<1836, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2016-02-09
Line count: 40
Word count: 172