Wasser stürzt, uns zu verschlingen,
Rollt der Fels, uns zu erschlagen,
Kommen schon auf starken Schwingen
Vögel her, uns fortzutragen.

Aber unten liegt ein [Land]1,
[Früchte spiegelnd]2 ohne Ende
In den alterslosen [Seen]3.

Marmorstirn und Brunnenrand
Steigt aus blumigem Gelände,
Und die leichten Winde wehn.

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¹ Berg: "Land"
² Berg: "spiegelnd früchte"
³ Berg: "See"

Text Authorship:

• by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), "Reiselied" [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Reiselied", 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 46 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Antonio Berti , "Reiselied", published 1992 [ voice and piano ], Milano : Selbstverlag des Komponisten [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Burkhart (1902 - 1978), "Reiselied", published 1977 [ men's chorus ], Wien, München : Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wolfgang Fortner (1907 - 1987), "Reiselied", 1970/80 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder aus dem Nachlass, no. 1, Schott Music [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Frankenburger (1897 - 1984), "Reiselied", from Vier Lieder nach Gedichten von Hugo von Hofmannsthal, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Robert Fürstenthal (1920 - 2016), "Reiselied" [ voice and piano ], from Spätlese IV, no. 5, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Peter Mieg (1906 - 1990), "Reiselied", published 1993, copyright © 1993 [ tenor and piano ], from Drei Gesänge nach Hofmannsthal, no. 2, [Aarau]: Musikedition Nepomuk [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Prohaska (1869 - 1927), "Reiselied", op. 24 (Lieder) no. 1, published 1926 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Leipzig : Ludwig Doblinger (Bernhard Herzmansky) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann Suter (1870 - 1926), "Reiselied", op. 15 (4 Duette für Alt und Bass mit Klavier) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

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

• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chanson de voyage", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-04-25
Line count: 10
Word count: 45