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by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896)

Nun ist mein' beste Zeit vorbei
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nun ist mein' beste Zeit vorbei,
Nun ist mir Alles einerlei
Wohin ich wandern soll.
Verlassen muß ich meine Lust,
Mein ganzes Herz ist in der Brust
Von Thränen, von Thränen voll!

Durch die alten Gassen hab ich zuletzt
Heut Nacht meinen Wanderstab gesetzt,
Mit manchem Gesellen gut.
Sie drückten mir alle die Bruderhand:
Und denk' an uns im fremden Land,
Halt' uns in treuer Hut!

Noch Einmal von der Neckarbrück'
Schau ich in's weite Thal zurück,
Die Wasser rauschten daher,
Sie rauschten stets, ich merkt' es kaum,
Sie rauschen und singen mir alten Traum,
Und machen das Herz mir schwer.

Ich sah nach jedem Giebeldach,
Mir war's, als riefen sie mir nach:
Fahr wohl, Gesell, fahr wohl!
Und mit dem Abschied war's vorbei,
Nun ist mir Alles einerlei
Wohin ich wandern soll!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Gumbert 

F. Gumbert sets stanzas 1-2, 4

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Note: This poem seems to have several versions. Another version looks exactly the same except the first line is "Nun ist die beste Zeit vorbei" (used by W. Berger and Jensen); another has the first line "Ach Gott, nun ist mein Zeit vorbei" (used by Kücken, Stöbel), although that version has not yet been found to confirm changes. Further changes to settings not marked verified may also exist.


Text Authorship:

  • by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), "Abschied", appears in Jugendlieder [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 Franz Behr (1837 - 1898), "Volkslied", op. 321 (Zwei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1874 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Behr (1837 - 1898), "Ach Gott, nun ist mein' Zeit vorbei", op. 338 (Vier Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Bauer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Abschied", op. 26 (Vier Männerchöre) no. 3, published 1890 [ men's chorus ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Des Handwerksburschen Abschied", op. 70, Heft 1 (4 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1855, stanzas 1-2,4 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Abschied ", op. 35 (Sechs Lieder von O. Roquette) no. 6, published 1869 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hugo Richard Jüngst (1853 - 1923), "Abschied", op. 19 no. 2, published <<1895 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Abschied", op. 27, published 1881 [ baritone and piano ], Kassel, Voigt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Ach Gott, nun ist mein Zeit vorbei", op. 55 no. 3, published <<1845 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Kühne , as E. R. Kühne, "Abschied" [ voice and piano ], note: this is no. 6 of something [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Abschied", op. 170a no. 2, published 1899 [ baritone and men's chorus a cappella ], from Zwei Männerchöre, no. 2, Leipzig, Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Stöbe (1863 - 1935), "Abschied", published 1890 [ men's chorus ], from Lieder für Männerchor, no. 3, Leipzig, Protze [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 139

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