On the journey | Mistress Publican, your daughter

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by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Auf der Reise

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

   Frau Wirthin, euer Töchterlein,
Das ist so [schön]¹ und singt so fein.
Und, wenn es könnt' mein eigen sein,
So möcht' ich bei euch bleiben.
 
   Wär' nur nicht dieses lust'ge Blut,
Wär' nur nicht dieser trotz'ge Muth!
Das thut nicht gut, [das thut nicht gut,]² --
Muß wie die Wolke treiben.
 
   So schön wir auch beisammen sind,
Muß weiter, kann nur, holdes Kind,
Ein herzliches Ade geschwind
Dir auf die Lippen schreiben.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• G. Jenner

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Confirmed with C. Reinhold, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Carl Mäcken, 1853, page 66.

¹ Jenner: "hübsch"
² omitted by Jenner

Text Authorship:

by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Auf der Reise", written 1844, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, first published 1853 [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by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Auf der Reise", 1893 [ voice and piano ], unpublished; manuscript at the Hessisches Musikarchiv [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "On the journey", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 74

On the journey

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Mistress Publican, your daughter,
She is so [beautiful]¹ and sings so nicely.
And if she could be mine,
I would be disposed to stay here among you.
 
   If only I did not have such jauntiness,
If only I did not have such a defiant spirit!
That is not wholesome, [is not wholesome,]² --
I must drift about like the clouds.
 
   As pleasant as our companionship is,
I must travel on, can only, lovely girl,
Quickly press a heartfelt adieu
Upon your lips.

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¹ Jenner: "pretty"
² omitted by Jenner

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Auf der Reise", written 1844, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, first published 1853
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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 84