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In weite Fernen will ich träumen, Da, wo Du weilst! Wo aus den schneeig hellen Räumen Die Bäche in die Seen schäumen! Da, wo Du weilst! Will mit Dir durch die Berge streifen, Da, wo Du weilst. Wo auf dem Eisfeld Gemsen schweifen, Im warmen Tale Feigen reifen! Da, wo Du weilst! Und heimlich will ich weiter denken, Wenn Du heimkehrst! Es mag die Zeit mich nicht betrüben, Wir sind dieselben noch geblieben! Wenn Du heimkehrst!
Composition:
- Set to music by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Ferne", op. 9 (Zwölf Lieder [nos. 7, 10, and 12 are by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel]) no. 9, published 1830
Score: IMSLP [external link]
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Gustav Droysen (1808 - 1884)
- sometimes misattributed to Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Into the far distance", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Vorrei sognare dei luoghi lontani", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 80
I wish to dream into the far distances! There where you tarry, Where from the snowy, bright expanses The brooks flow foamingly into the lakes! There where you tarry. I wish to wander through the mountains with you! There where you tarry, Where the mountain goats ramble on the glaciers, Where the figs ripen in the warm valleys! There where you tarry. I shall secretly continue to think, When you return home! The passing of time may not sadden me, We have remained unchanged! When you return home!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2006 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gustav Droysen (1808 - 1884) and misattributed to Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
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