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Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust, Das Wandern! Das muß ein schlechter Müller sein, Dem niemals fiel das Wandern ein, Das Wandern. Vom Wasser haben wir's gelernt, Vom Wasser! Das hat nicht Rast bei Tag und Nacht, Ist stets auf Wanderschaft bedacht, Das Wasser. Das sehn wir auch den Rädern ab, Den Rädern! Die gar nicht gerne stille stehn, Die sich mein Tag nicht müde gehn, Die Räder. Die Steine selbst, so schwer sie sind, Die Steine! Sie tanzen mit den muntern Reihn Und wollen gar noch schneller sein, Die Steine. O Wandern, Wandern, meine Lust, O Wandern! Herr Meister und Frau Meisterin, Laßt mich in Frieden weiter ziehn Und wandern.
First published in a slightly different version with the title Wanderlust in Gaben der Milde. Viertes Bändchen. Mit Beiträgen von [...]. Für die Bücher-Verloosung "zum Vortheil hülfloser Krieger" herausgegeben von F. W. Gubitz. Berlin, 1818, pages 214-215.
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Das Wandern", op. 25 no. 1, D 795 no. 1 (1823), from Die schöne Müllerin, no. 1
Score: IMSLP [external link]
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Wanderschaft", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 2, first published 1818
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Caminar", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het trekken", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Wandering", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Vaeltamaan !", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Voyager", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , "Η περιπλάνηση", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) [singable] (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Girovagare", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Andare in giro", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "방랑", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Caê Vieira) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 114
The miller's joy is wandering, Is wandering! A miller surely loses face When staying at the same old place, Not wandering! The water teaches us to move, The water! It does not rest by night or day Continuously on its way, The water! We see this also with the wheels, The mill-wheels! They never think of standing still And turn around with tireless will, The mill-wheels! The mill-stones, heavy though they are, The mill-stones! They like to join the merry reel And want to turn much faster still, The mill-stones! Oh wandering, wandering, my delight, Oh wandering! Oh, Master and dear Mistress, too, In peace I'll take my leave of you And wander!
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- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2005 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Wanderschaft", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 2, first published 1818
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Word count: 113