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Das Posthorn tönt Vom Straßenrain, O lust'ger Klang Durch Wald und Hain! Er reißt mit sich Mich fort im Flug, Wie Stromes Flucht, Wie Wolkenzug. Fort über Berg Und Thal und Feld, Hinaus, hinaus, In alle Welt. Als Reis'genoß' Den munter'n Schall, Mit Radgebraus Und Peitschenknall. So geht es fort Von Lust beseelt, Hinaus, hinaus, In alle Welt. Denn ach, von mir So weit, so weit, Mein Liebchen wohnt, O tiefes Leid! Das fährt wohl oft Erschreckt empor, Berührt der Schall Nur leis' ihr Ohr. Es springt zur Thür' Mit frohem Schrei, Doch rasselnd fliegt Die Post vorbei. Vorbei, vorbei, So wie der Klang, Der eben jetzt In's Ohr mir drang. Ach, wann nur führt Doch mich einmal Zu dir, zu dir Solch munt'rer Schall?!
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Confirmed with Johann N. Vogl, Neuer Lieder-Frühling, Wien: Verlag und Druck von J.B. Wallishausser, 1841, pages 35-36
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866), no title, appears in Neuer Lieder-Frühling, in Posthornklänge, no. 1, first published 1841 [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 Alexander Fesca (1820 - 1849), "Sehnsucht", op. 33, published 1844 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Braunschweig, Spehr [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Robert Volkmann (1815 - 1883), "Posthornklang", op. 2 no. 3 (1840) [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Yearning", 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: 2016-03-15
Line count: 40
Word count: 125
The post-horn sounds From the side of the street, Oh merry sound, Through wood and grove! It carries me away With it in haste, Like the fleeing of a storm, Like the scudding of clouds. Away over mountain And valley and field, Out, out Into all the world. As a travelling companion [I have] the merry sound, With roaring of wheels And crack of whip. Thus onward it goes, Inspired by joy, Out, out Into all the world. For ah, from me So far, so far, My beloved dwells, Oh deep sorrow! Often she must Look up, startled, When the sound touches Her ear only quietly. She leaps to the door With a happy cry, But the mail coach Flies rattling by. Past, past, Just like the sound That only just Penetrated my ear. Ah, when only shall Carry me once more To you, to you Such a merry sound?!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866), no title, appears in Neuer Lieder-Frühling, in Posthornklänge, no. 1, first published 1841
This text was added to the website: 2016-03-15
Line count: 40
Word count: 150