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Frisch hinaus,
Gewandert, gewandert!
Sonne blicket so schön auf die Welt,
Vögelein schlaget [im]1 Blätterzelt,
Grün die Matten, wohin ich schau',
Weiß die Wölklein am Himmelblau,
Und im Blüthengewande jedwede Au!
Und siehe die Winde
Wie lustig geschwinde
Flattern sie von den Bergen daher,
Als müßten sie heute noch über das Meer! --
Frisch hinaus,
Gewandert, gewandert!
Wandersmann,
Vergessen, vergessen
Alle die Sorge im dumpfen Haus,
Laß sie fliegen [im]2 Windesbraus,
Jauchze, daß schweigen die Vögelein,
Welche Wonne, welch' Glück ist dein!
Will der Himmel, der Himmel in's Herz hinein?
Frisch, alle die Klänge
Und all' das Gepränge
Schließ' es, o schließ' es tief in die Brust,
Und alles dein Grämen ob aller die Lust,
Wandersmann,
Vergessen, vergessen!
Keck hinauf,
Erklommen, erklommen
Festen Fußes die schwindelnde Fluh',
Vorwärts, vorwärts ohn' Rast und Ruh! --
Gott! [hier oben]3 wie schön das Land,
Blitzend und schimmernd der Ströme Band,
Und die glühenden Firnen am blauen Rand!
Andächtig nun schweige,
Inbrünstig dich neige
Schauernd vor all' der blendenden Pracht,
Vor Gottes gewaltiger, ewiger Macht,
Wandersmann,
Und bete, und bete!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Weihnachtsbaum für arme Kinder: Gaben deutscher Dichter, dreizehnte Christbescherung, ed. by Friedrich Hofmann, Hildburghausen: Bibliographischen Instituts, 1854, pages 104-105.
1 Häring: "am"2 Häring: "in"
3 Häring: "hieoben"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Wanderlied" [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Frisch hinaus!", op. 355 (5 Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 4, published 1868 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Stoll [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Frisch hinaus", op. 549b (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 6, published 1879 [ mixed chorus ], Schleusingen, Glaser; we have added an 'b' to the opus number because this opus was reused earlier the same year by another publisher [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Häring (b. 1825), "Frisch hinaus", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für Männerchor) no. 5, published 1878 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig: Robert Forberg [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Frisch hinaus", op. 61 (Acht Lieder für gemischten Chor), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1873 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig: C. F. W. Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl North (1859 - 1914), "Wanderlied", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1889 [ ttbb chorus ], Basel: Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Rentsch (1844 - 1886), "Frisch hinaus gewandert", op. 22 (Drei Lieder für Männerstimmen) no. 1, published 1881 [ men's chorus ], Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
Set in a modified version by Karl Courvoisier, Gustav Flügel, Friedrich Gartz, Carl Kuntze, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, Carl von Sichart, Eduard Tauwitz, Philipp Tietz, Gustav Zanger.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2020-01-08
Line count: 39
Word count: 178
Briskly outdoors,
A-wandering, a-wandering!
The sun gazes down upon the world so radiantly,
The birdlets sing [in]1 the leafy canopy;
The leas are green wherever I look,
The cloudlets are white in the blue of heaven,
And every meadow wears a garb of blossoms!
And see the winds,
How cheerfully, quickly
They flutter along from the mountains,
As if they had to travel across the sea today yet! --
Briskly outdoors,
A-wandering, a-wandering!
Wanderer,
Forgotten, forgotten
All the anxieties in the stuffy house,
Let them fly off in the roaring of the wind,
Rejoice so that the birdlets fall silent,
What bliss, what happiness is yours!
Does heaven, heaven wish to enter your heart?
Briskly, all the tones
And all the splendour,
Treasure it up, treasure it up deep within your bosom,
And all your fretting in the face of all the joy,
Wanderer,
[Let it be] forgotten, forgotten!
Boldly upward,
To the pinnacle, the pinnacle,
Surefootedly up the dizzying rockface,
Onward, onward without pause and rest! --
God! how beautiful is the countryside up here,
Sparkling and shimmering the ribbon of the rivers,
And the old snow glowing at the blue border!
Fall silent devoutly now,
Bow down fervently,
Awestruck by all the dazzling splendour,
Before God's powerful, eternal might,
Wanderer,
And pray, and pray!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Translations of titles:
"Frisch hinaus" = "Briskly outdoors"
"Frisch hinaus gewandert" = "Briskly outdoors, a-wandering"
"Wanderlied" = "Wandering song"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Wanderlied"
This text was added to the website: 2025-05-28
Line count: 39
Word count: 216