An den Wind | Ich wandre fort ins ferne Land

Ich wandre fort ins ferne Land

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Ich wandre fort ins ferne Land,
Noch einmal blickt' ich um, bewegt
Und sah, wie sie den Mund geregt,
Und wie gewinket ihre Hand.

Wohl rief sie noch ein freundlich Wort
Mir nach auf meinen trüben Gang,
Doch hört' ich nicht den liebsten Klang,
Weil ihn der Wind getragen fort.

Daß ich mein Glück verlassen muß,
Du rauher, kalter Windeshauch,
Ist's nicht genug, daß du mir auch
Entreißest ihren letzten Gruß?

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• F. Mendelssohn

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Nicolaus Lenau, Stuttgart, Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1877, pages 187-188. Note for stanza 2, line 2, word 4: in Mendelssohn's score and in some editions of Lenau, there is a misprint of "meinem".

Text Authorship:

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "An den Wind", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (1846 - 1926), "An den Wind", 1886 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
by (Johann Gottfried) Heinrich Bellermann (1832 - 1903), "An den Wind", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Ich wandre fort in's ferne Land ", op. 33 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Ich wand're fort in's ferne Land", op. 45 no. 1, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Vergessene Lieder, no. 1, Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
by Joseph Dessauer (1798 - 1876), "An den Wind" [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Paul [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "An den Wind", op. 26 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6, published 1856 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "An den Wind", A. 17 (c1905-11), published 1970 [ medium voice and piano ], from Four German Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "An den Wind", op. 8 no. 4, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder der Liebe. Acht Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Auf der Wanderschaft", op. 71 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 (1842) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Emanuel Moór (1863 - 1931), "An den Wind", op. 13 (Sechzehn Lieder) no. 7, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "An den Wind", op. 36 no. 9 (1923) [ voice and chamber orchestra ], from Elegie: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Nikolaus Lenau und Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 9, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "An den Wind", op. 48 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1876 [ alto and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 72