Die Straßen, die ich gehe
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: DUT ENG ENG FRE
Die Straßen, die ich gehe,
So oft ich um mich sehe,
Sie bleiben fremd doch mir.
Herberg', wo ich möcht' weilen,
Ich kann sie nicht ereilen,
Weit, weit ist sie von hier.
So fremd mir anzuschauen
Sind diese Städt' und Auen,
Die Burgen stumm und tot!
Doch fern Gebirge ragen,
Die meine Heimat tragen,
Ein ewig Morgenrot.
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Confirmed with Justinus Kerners sämtliche poetische Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Dr. Josef Gaismaier, 1. Band, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1880, page 78.
Note: also published without a title in chapter 14 of Die Heimatlosen
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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The roads that I wander,
Whenever I cast my eyes about,
They nevertheless remain unfamiliar to me.
Shelter where I might tarry,
I cannot reach it no matter how much I hasten;
It is far, far from here.
These cities and fields
Look so foreign to me,
The castles mute and dead!
But far away, mountains loom,
Mountains that bear my homeland,
An eternal sunrise.
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Translations of title(s):
"Der Wanderer" = "The wanderer"
"Die Straßen, die ich gehe" = "The roads that I wander"
"Wanderer" = "Wanderer"
"Wanderung" = "The wandering journey"
"Wandrer" = "Wanderer"
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