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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Der müde Wanderer
 (Sung text for setting by R. Strauss)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Schon sank die Sonne nieder,
Es ist geworden spät:
Ein Wandrer wie ein Schatten
Zieht hin den Felsenpfad.

Er denkt an seine Heimat,
Und an die Jugendzeit,
Die Jugend ist verschwunden,
Die Heimat ist so weit.

Da hört er fernher Glocken,
Als riefen sie ihm zu:
O bringt dem müden Wandrer,
O bringet auch mir Ruh.

Da schwindelt's ihm, er stürzet
Vom Pfade gäh hinab,
Tief unten in den Schluchten,
Da findet er sein Grab.

Die Abendglocken schweigen,
Nur leise rauscht der Bach,
Hinab die dunklen Fluten,
Hinab mit Weh und Ach.

Composition:

    Set to music by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Der müde Wanderer", WoO 13 (c1873), from Jugendlieder

Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Der müde Wandrer", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Volksleben, in Romanzen

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The weary wanderer", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le voyageur fatigué", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 96

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