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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Wanderlied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG FRE
Von [dem Berge]1 zu den Hügeln,
Niederab das Tal entlang,
Da [erklingt es]2 wie von Flügeln,
Da [bewegt sichs]3 wie Gesang;
Und dem unbedingten Triebe
Folget Freude, folget Rat,
Und dein Streben, sei's in Liebe!
Und dein Leben sei die Tat.

Denn die Bande sind zerrissen,
Das Vertrauen ist verletzt;
Kann ich sagen, kann ich wissen,
Welchem Zufall ausgesetzt,
Ich nun scheiden, ich nun wandern,
Wie die Witwe trauervoll,
Statt dem Einen, mit dem Andern
Fort und fort mich wenden soll!

Bleibe nicht am Boden heften,
Frisch gewagt und frisch hinaus!
Kopf und Arm mit heitern Kräften,
Überall sind [sie]4 zu Haus;
Wo wir uns der Sonne freuen,
Sind wir [jede Sorge]5 los,
Daß wir uns in ihr zerstreuen,
Darum ist die Welt so groß.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   O. Gerster •   F. Hensel •   M. von Kralik 

O. Gerster sets stanzas 1, 3
F. Hensel sets stanzas 1, 3

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Hensel, Kralik: "den Bergen"
2 Gerster: "bewegt sichs"
3 Gerster: "erklingt es"; Kralik: "ertönt es"
4 Gerster, Hensel: "wir"
5 Gerster: "alle Sorgen"; Hensel, Kralik: "jeder Sorgen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Wanderlied", appears in Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, Book 3, Chapter 1 [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 Ottmar Gerster (1897 - 1969), "Wanderlied", stanzas 1,3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Gustav Hecht (1851 - 1932), "Wanderlied", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1890 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Sulzbach [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Wanderlied", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 (1837?), stanzas 1,3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Wanderlied", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Jugend-Lieder, no. 12, Wien : Albert J. Gutmann [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Rudolph , "Wanderlied", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Innsbruck, Gross [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881) , "Traveller's song" [an adaptation] ; composed by Felix Harold White.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Trekkerslied", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Wandering song", copyright © 2024
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant du voyageur", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 125

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