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Wie flatternde Bänder Der schneeige Schaum Und weit um die Ränder Grüntannen im Traum! Ihr rauschenden Wellen, Wohin, ach, wohin? Sucht Wandergesellen Der flüchtige Sinn? Die Wasser, sie wogen Grünschneeig zu Thal Durch felsige Bogen Mit mächtigem Strahl. "Mag träumen die Tanne, Wir wandern und zieh'n In himmlischem Banne, Fragt Niemand wohin?" "Der Jugend das Wandern, Dem Alter die Ruh'! Ruft einer der andern, "Ihr Wellen, nur zu!" "Gelebt ist gelitten! Ihr Wellen, nur zu! Wir wandern und bitten Um himmlische Ruh'!"
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Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, page 119.
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, written 1877-1878, appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition], in Aus den Alpen, no. 1 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Aus den Alpen", op. 124 no. 7 (1881), published 1882 [ SATB chorus ], from Waldblumen. Acht Lieder für gemischten Chor, no. 7, Leipzig, Siegel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "From the alps", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2019-08-24
Line count: 24
Word count: 83
Like fluttering ribbons The snowy foam And broadly about the edges Green firs in a dream! Ye rushing waves, Whither, ah, whither? Does the fleeting spirit Seek wandering comrades? The waters, they surge To the valley, snowy and green, Through rock bends With a mighty gushing. "May the fir dream, We wander and travel In a heavenly enchantment, No one cares whither?" "To youth leave the wandering, To age the rest! One calls to the other, "Only onward, ye waves!" "To live is to suffer! Only onward, ye waves! We wander and pray For heavenly rest!"'[
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, written 1877-1878, appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition], in Aus den Alpen, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2021-10-24
Line count: 24
Word count: 97