Wandering song | Now I go off wandering again

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wanderlied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Nun geh' ich wieder wandern 
Die Welt wohl auf und ab, 
Nimm Mädel keinen Andern, 
Weil ich so lieb Dich hab'. 
Ade, Du Vielgetreue! 
Wisch' Dein Äuglein aus; 
Der Bursch, der muß auf's Neue 
In Sturm und Wind hinaus.

Bald, bald kehr' ich dann wieder 
Von meiner Reise heim; 
Ich bleibe treu und bieder, 
Und Du, nicht wahr, auch mein? 
Ach könntest untreu werden, 
Wahnsinn faßte mich. 
Doch nein, Du wirst auf Erden 
Mich lieben ewiglich.

Confirmed with Meine Lieder. Den Freunden aufgezeichnet, Berlin: Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R. Decker), 1861, page 100.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Wanderlied" [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 Pauline von Decker (1811 - 1882), as Paul Friedrich Merxhausen, "Wanderlied", published 1865? [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 4, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Müller [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Wandering song", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-14
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Word count: 76

Wandering song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Now I go off wandering again
Up and down the world,
Do not take up with another, girl,
Because I love you so much.
Adieu, you ever-faithful one!
Wipe [the tears from] your eyes;
The lad must go anew
Out into storm and wind.

Soon, soon I shall return
Home from my journey;
I shall remain true and honest
And you shall [remain] mine, too, won't you?
Ah, if you could become unfaithful,
Madness would seize me.
But no, upon this earth
You shall love me forever.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Wanderlied"
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 87