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O Lust, vom Berg zu schauen
Weit über Wald und Strom,
Hoch über sich den blauen
den klaren Himmelsdom !
Hoch über sich den blauen
tiefklaren Himmelsdom!
Vom Berge Vögel fliegen
Und Wolken so geschwind,
Gedanken überfliegen
Die Vögel und den Wind.
Die Wolken ziehn hernieder,
Das Vöglein senkt sich gleich,
Gedanken gehn und Lieder
bis in das Himmelreich.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 4-6 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Bergeslust", op. posth. 10 (Fünf Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 5 (1847), published c1850, stanzas 4-6 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der wandernde Musikant, no. 6
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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 © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (John H. Campbell) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Song of travel", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 109
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Oh joy, to look around from the hilltop
Far across woods and stream,
under the deep blue vault
rising crystal-clear above us.
Down from the hilltops birds
and clouds are flying so swiftly,
our fantasies easily taking over
the birds as well as the wind.
The clouds are sinking down,
The bird glides down alike, but
Our fantasies as well as our songs
Rise up until they reach heaven.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 4-6 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Linda Godry, (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 Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der wandernde Musikant, no. 6
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 140