Migratory bird | He waves his hat in greeting

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wandervogel

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Grüßend schwenkt er seine Mütze
Übern Zaun und ruft "Ade",
Schaut zum letzen Mal herüber
Nach dem Fleck, darauf ich steh'.

Dann verhallt die frohe Stimme
Und die Ferne spinnt ihn ein,
Ihm vorauf auf allen Wegen
Fliegt der goldne Sonnenschein.

Wandervogel in der Mütze
Denkt noch nicht an Nesterbau'n,
Winkt und lacht mit Schelmenaugen
Hierhin, dorthin übern Zaun.

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Neunte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 119.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Wandervogel", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Vermischte Gedichte, no. 30 [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 R. Evers , "Wandervogel", op. 22 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Wernthal [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann von Glenck (1883 - 1952), "Wandervogel", op. 1 (Vier Lieder) no. 3 (1901) [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Migratory bird", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-07-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

Migratory bird

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

He waves his hat in greeting
Over the fence and calls "Adieu",
For the last time he looks over
To the spot upon which I stand. 

Then his joyful voice dies away
And the distance catches him in its web,
Ahead of him upon all his paths
The golden sunshine flies.

Migratory bird in his hat
Does not yet think of building nests,
With impish eyes he beckons and laughs
Hither and yon over the fence.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Wandervogel", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Vermischte Gedichte, no. 30
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 76