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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Aus der Jugendzeit
 (Sung text for setting by W. Speyer)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  LIT
Aus der Jugendzeit, aus der Jugendzeit
Klingt ein Lied mir immerdar:
O wie liegt so weit,  ... 
Was mein einst war!

Was die Schwalbe sang, was die Schwalbe sang,
Die den Herbst und Frühling bringt,
Ob das Dorf entlang,  ... 
Das jetzt noch klingt? 

 ... 

Als ich Abschied nahm, als ich Abschied nahm,
War die Welt mir voll so sehr;
Als ich wieder kam, als ich wieder kam,
War alles leer.

 ... 

Keine Schwalbe bringt, keine Schwalbe bringt
Dir zurück, wonach du weinst:
Doch die Schwalbe singt, doch die Schwalbe singt
im Dorf wie einst: 

O du Heimatflur, o du Heimatflur,
Laß zu deinem sel'gen Raum
Mich noch einmal nur ... 
Entfliehn im Traum!

 ... 

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,6,8,5 of the original text.

Notes on Radecke's textual variants were submitted by Thomas Fechtel

Composition:

    Set to music by Wilhelm Speyer (1790 - 1878), "Aus der Jugendzeit", stanzas 1-2,6,8,5

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Aus der Jugendzeit", appears in Wanderung, in 1. Erster Bezirk. Italienische Gedichte

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Helen Dellenbauch Tretbar)
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 215

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