Bei diesem kalten Wehen 
Sind alle Strassen leer,
Die Wasser stille stehen; 
Ich aber [schweif umher]1,

Die Sonne scheint so trübe, 
Muss früh hinuntergehn,
Erloschen ist die Liebe,
Die Lust kann [nicht]2 bestehn.

[ Nun geht der Wald zu Ende,
Im Dorfe mach ich halt,
Da wärm ich meine Hände,]3
Bleibt auch das Herze kalt.

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¹ R. Strauss: "schweif' einher"
² R. Strauss: "nie"
³ R. Strauss: "Nun ist der Wald zu Ende, / Am Dorfe mach' ich Halt, / Und wärm' mir meine Hände"

Text Authorship:

• by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Winterreise", written 1811, appears in Lieder, in Wanderlieder, no. 6, first published 1815 [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 Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Gotha, Prince (1819 - 1861), "Die Winterreise", 1835-41 [sung text not yet checked]
• by C. Altenburg , "Winterreise", op. 3 no. 6, published 1900 [ soprano and piano ], from Uhland's Wanderlieder für Sopran mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Braunschweig, Wollermann  [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Bei diesem kalten Wehen", op. 17 no. 2, published 1877 [ medium voice and piano ], from Lieder eines Einsamen für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
• by (August Joseph) Norbert Burgmüller (1810 - 1836), "Winterreise", op. 3 (Sechs Gesänge von Uhland, Goethe, Heine, Platen) no. 4 (1827-36?), published 1838 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Winterreise", op. 4 (Sieben Lieder) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Collischonn , "Die Winterreise", op. 7 no. 5, published 1897 [ medium voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Frankfurt a/M., (Steyl & Thomas.) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Constantin Decker (1810 - 1878), "Winterreise", op. 2 (Sieben Lieder) no. 7 [ baritone or alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joseph Dessauer (1798 - 1876), "Winterreise", published 1834 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder von L. Uhland, no. 6, Berlin: Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich August Dressler (1827 - 1862), "Winterreise", op. 12 no. 6, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hubert Engels (1824 - 1891), "Winterreise", op. 4 no. 6, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder von Ludwig Uhland für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Bremen, Cranz [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Gustav Erlanger (1842 - 1908), "Winterreise", op. 37 no. 4, published 1879 [ baritone and piano ], from Fünf Lieder aus Uhland's Wanderlieder, für Bariton mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann R. Fichten , "Winterreise", published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 3, Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Frank (1847 - 1889), "Winterreise", op. 1 (Zehn Lieder) no. 4, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gotthard [sung text not yet checked]
• by F. C. (Ferdinand Carl) Füchs (1811 - 1848), "Das verwaiste Kind", published 1855 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Witzendorf [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Conrad) Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863), "Winterreise", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, München, Schmid [sung text not yet checked]
• by Henry Hepple , "Winterreise", op. 4 no. 6, published 1876 [ mezzo-soprano or tenor-baritone and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder für Mezzo-Soprano (oder Tenor-Bariton) mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Hamburg, Böhme  [sung text not yet checked]
• by F. Hernandez , "Winterreise", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Robitschek  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustave Léon Huberti (1843 - 1910), "Winterreise", 1868 [ voice and piano ], from 8 Wanderlieder, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joseph Klein (1802 - 1862), "Winterreise", published 1834 [ alto and piano ], from Sechs Gesaenge, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Winterreise", op. 34 no. 6, KWV 9106 no. 6, published 1818 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder von Uhland, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Otto (1809 - 1842), "Wanderlied im Winter", op. 1 no. 1, published 1877 [ vocal quartet of male voices a cappella ], from Sechs Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen, no. 1, Regensburg, Coppenrath [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Radnitzky , "Winterreise", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Wanderlieder von L. Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Reimann (1850 - 1906), "Winterreise", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Heinz Scholtys (1900 - 1945), "Winterreise" [ voice and piano ], from 94 Lieder, no. 49 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Joseph Schütky (1817 - 1893), "Winterreise", op. 30 no. 6, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Wanderlieder von L. Uhland für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst von Stockhausen , "Winterreise", op. 3 (Lieder für Sopran) no. 4, published 1865 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Winterreise", WoO 4 (1871) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Leopold Carl Wolf (1859 - 1932), "Winterreise", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder im Volkston für 1 tiefere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1885 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Voyage d'hiver", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

When the wind blows this coldly
All the streets are empty,
The waters stand still;
But I rove about,

The sun shines so blearily,
Early it must sink,
Love has been extinguished,
Joy [cannot]1 persist.

Now the forest [almost]2 lies behind me,
I stop in the village,
[There]3 I warm my hands,
Even though my heart remains cold.