Les nuages font route

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by Fritz Brentano (1840 - 1914)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Wanderlied (Aus einem alten Liederbuche)

(Sung text for setting by H. Wolf)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Es segeln die Wolken,
Weiß niemand wohin;
Die Lüfte, sie rauschen,
Wohin wohl, wohin?

Sie wandern zusammen,
Sie kommen und flieh'n,
Mag Keiner mir künden,
Wohin wohl, wohin?

So zieh' ich ins Leben
Mit fröhlichem Sinn,
Doch frage mich niemand,
Wohin wohl, wohin?

Noch duften die Blüten,
Noch locket das Grün,
Glückauf zu dem Wandern,
Weiß selbst nicht wohin.

Composition:

Hugo Wolf

Lieder aus der Jugendzeit

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Text Authorship:

by Fritz Brentano (1840 - 1914), no title

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 63

Les nuages font route

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Wolf)

See original

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Les nuages font route,
Personne ne sait vers où ?
La brise murmure,
Vers où, vers où ?

Ils voyagent ensemble,
Ils viennent et s'en vont,
Quelqu'un peut-il me dire
Vers où, vers où ?

Ainsi je vais dans la vie
Avec l'esprit heureux,
Mais personne ne me demande
Vers où, vers où ?

Les fleurs sentent encore,
La verdure attire encore,
Bonne chance à la promenade
Bien que je sache pas vers où.

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This text was added to the website: 2014-11-25
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