by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

Schon sank die Sonne nieder
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Schon sank die Sonne nieder,
Es ist geworden spät:
Ein Wandrer wie ein Schatten
Zieht hin [am]1 Felsenpfad.

Er denkt an seine Heimat,
[An seine]2 Jugendzeit,
Die Jugend ist verschwunden,
Die Heimat ist so weit.

Da hört er fernher Glocken,
Als riefen sie ihm zu:
O bringt dem müden Wandrer,
O bringet [mir auch]3 Ruh.

Da schwindelt's ihm, er stürzet
Vom Pfade gäh hinab,
Tief unten in den Schluchten,
Da findet er sein Grab.

Die Abendglocken schweigen,
Nur leise rauscht der Bach,
Hinab die dunklen [Schluchten]4,
Hinab mit Weh und Ach.

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1 Strauss: "den"
2 Strauss: "Und an die"
3 Strauss: "auch mir"
4 Strauss: "Fluten"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The weary wanderer", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le voyageur fatigué", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 96

Aviat es pondrà el sol
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Aviat es pondrà el sol,
s’està fent tard:
com una ombra, un caminant
s’allunya pel camí del rocam.

Ell pensa en el seu país,
en quan era jove,
la joventut s’ha esvanit,
el seu país és molt lluny.

Llavors sent de lluny les campanes
com si li cridessin:
oh, porteu el fatigat caminant,
oh, porteu-me també el repòs.

Aleshores li roda el cap i cau
daltabaix del camí,
avall, al fons de l’afrau,
troba la seva tomba.

Les campanes del vespre callen,
tan sols el rierol mormola fluixet,
davallant per al fosca afrau,
davallant amb pena i dolor.

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Translations of title(s):
"Der müde Wanderer" = "El caminant fatigat"
"Der müde Wandrer" = "El caminant fatigat"


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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2019 by Salvador Pila, (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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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-11
Line count: 20
Word count: 98