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by Karl Busse (1872 - 1918)

Über den Bergen weit zu wandern
 (Sung text for setting by L. Greger)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE NOR
Über den Bergen, weit zu wandern, 
Sagen die Leute, wohnt das Glück.
Ach, und ich ging im Schwarme der andern,
kam mit verweinten Augen zurück.
Über den Bergen, weit, weit drüben, 
Sagen die Leute, wohnt das Glück.

Note: in Greger's song, line 2 word 4 ("wohnt") becomes "wohnet" in the repeat.

Composition:

    Set to music by Luise Greger (1862 - 1944), "Über den Bergen weit zu wandern", alternate title: "Über die Berge weit", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Berlin, Sulzer Nachf.; note: Hofmeister gives the title as "Ueber die Bergen weit zu wandern"

Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Busse (1872 - 1918), "Über den Bergen"

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

  • ENG English (Jakob Kellner) , "Over the mountains", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au-dessus des montagnes", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "På den andre siden av fjellene", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Jakob Kellner

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 37

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