Wem Gott will rechte Gunst erweisen,
Den schickt er in die weite Welt,
Dem will er seine Wunder weisen
In Berg und Wald und Strom und Feld.
Die Trägen, die zu Hause liegen,
Erquicket nicht das Morgenrot,
Sie wissen nur vom Kinderwiegen,
Von Sorgen, Last und Not ums Brot.
Die Bächlein von den Bergen springen,
Die Lerchen schwirren hoch vor Lust,
Was sollt' ich nicht mit ihnen singen
Aus voller Kehl' und frischer Brust?
Den lieben Gott nur laß' ich walten;
Der Bächlein, Lerchen, Wind und Feld,
Und Erd' und Himmel will erhalten,
Hat auch mein Sach' aufs Best' bestellt.
Composition:
Set to music by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Der frohe Wandersmann", op. 77 no. 1 (1840), published 1851 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling
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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) , "De vrolijke globetrotter", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The happy wanderer", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 16
Word count: 103
When God wishes to show true favour to someone,
he sends him out into the wide world
and points out his miracles
in mountain and wood and river and field.
The indolent ones who laze at home
are not refreshed by the dawn;
they only know about rearing children,
about cares, burdens and miseries - and all for bread.
The brook springs out of the mountains,
the larks zip high with pleasure;
is there anything I should not sing with them
with full throat and fresh spirit?
Let dear God alone prevail;
He sustains the brook, the larks, the wind and field,
and the earth and sky;
and he has also ordered my life for the best.
