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by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)

Wohin mit der Freud'?
 (Sung text for setting by H. Wolf)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG ENG FRE ITA
Ach du klar blauer Himmel
Und wie schön bist du heut'!
Möcht' an's Herz gleich dich drücken 
Voll Jubel und Freud'.
Aber's geht doch nicht an, 
Denn du bist mir zu weit,
Und mit all' meiner Freud'
Was fang' ich doch an?

Ach du lichtgrüne Welt, 
Und wie strahlst du voll Lust!
Und ich möcht' gleich mich werfen

Dir voll Lieb' an die Brust;
Aber's geht doch nicht an, 
Und das ist ja mein Leid,
Und mit all' meiner Freud', 
Was fang' ich doch an?

Und da sah ich mein Lieb 
Am Kastanienbaum stehn,
War so klar wie der Himmel, 
Wie die Erde so schön!
Und wir küßten uns beid'
Und wir sangen voll Lust,
Und da hab' ich gewußt: 
Wohin mit der Freud'!

Composition:

    Set to music by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Wohin mit der Freud'?", from 9 Reinick-Lieder, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Wohin mit der Freud", written 1850, appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "On anar amb la meva joia?", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Where to go with my joy", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Della gioia, che farne?", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 137

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