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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Vom Grund bis zu den Gipfeln
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
[Vom Grund]1 bis zu den Gipfeln,
So weit man sehen kann,
Jetzt blüht's in allen Wipfeln,
Nun geht das Wandern an:

Die Quellen von den Klüften,
Die Ström' auf grünem Plan,
Die Lerchen hoch in Lüften,
[Der Dichter]2 frisch voran.

Und die im Tal verderben
In trüber Sorgen Haft,
[Er möcht sie alle]3 werben
Zu dieser Wanderschaft.

Und von den Bergen nieder
Erschallt sein [Lied]4 ins Tal,
Und die zerstreuten Brüder
[Faßt Heimweh]5 allzumal.

Da wird die Welt so munter
Und nimmt die Reiseschuh,
[Sein]6 Liebchen mittendrunter
[Die nickt ihm]7 heimlich zu.

Und über Felsenwände
Und auf dem grünen Plan
Das wirrt und jauchzt ohn Ende --
Nun geht das Wandern an!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   F. Mendelssohn 

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Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff, Gedichte, Berlin, Verlag von M. Simion, 1841, page 4.

1 Kretschmar: "Vom Grunde" ; Rietz: "Von Grund"; further changes for Kretschmar and Rietz may exist that are not noted above.
2 Mendelssohn: "Die ziehen"
3 Mendelssohn: "Die will der Frühling"
4 Mendelssohn: "Ruf"
5 Mendelssohn: "Sie hören's"
6 Mendelssohn: "das"
7 Mendelssohn: "sie nickt uns"

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Allgemeines Wandern", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder [author's text checked 2 times 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 Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Wanderlied", op. 13 (Zwölf Jugendlieder, 3 und 4 stimmig, für Sopran und Alt) no. 9 (1848) [ SA chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Biebl (1906 - 2001), "Vom Grund bis zu den Gipfeln", published 1979 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Wanderschaft - Kleine Wanderlieder-Folge, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz von Blon (1861 - 1945), "Allgemeines Wandern", subtitle: "Marschlied", published 1894 [ men's chorus ], Berlin, Siegel & Schimmel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "Wanderlied", op. 14 (Drei Duette für 2 Sopran- oder 2 Tenorstimmen mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1864 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos or tenors with piano ], Berlin, Trautwein  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Friedrich Johann Girschner (1794 - 1860), "Vom Grund bis zu den Gipfeln", op. 16 (Sieben deutsche Lieder und Gesänge) no. 4, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Westphal [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Kanth , "Allgemeines Wandern", published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Köhler (c1852 - c1924), "Allgemeines Wandern", published 1897 [ mixed chorus ], Koburg, Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Kretschmar , "Wanderschaft", op. 15 no. 2, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Maienlieder, no. 2, Dessau, Osterwitz [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Lanz , "Wanderlied", published 1891 [ four-part men's chorus ], from [Zehn] Lieder und Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor, Heft 1, no. 5, Bern, Selbstverlag (self-published) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Wanderlied", op. 50 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 6 (1838), published 1840 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Helmut Richter , "Allgemeines Wandern", 1939, published 1962, from Weg-gefährten Lieder von Helmut Richter, no. 20 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (1812 - 1877), "Von Grund bis zu den Gipfeln", op. 6 (Dreizehn Gesänge), Heft 2 no. 13, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Sturm (1842 - 1922), "Wanderlied", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Alt oder Baritonstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Dresden, Brauer [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (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 (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Lau Kanen [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-11-03
Line count: 24
Word count: 118

De la vallée jusqu'aux sommets
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
De la vallée jusqu'aux sommets,
Aussi loin que l'on peut voir,
Les cimes de tous les arbres fleurissent,
Alors commence la randonnée.

Les sources des crevasses,
Les fleuves sur la verte plaine,
Les alouettes, haut dans les airs,
Et devant, le poète alerte.

Et ceux qui dépérissent dans la vallée,
Prisonniers de troubles appréhensions,
[Le poète]1 voudrait tous les engager
À se joindre à ce voyage.

Et descendant de la montagne,
Son [chant]2 retentit dans la vallée,
Et ses frères dispersés
[Sont tous saisis du mal du pays]3.

Tout le monde devient alors joyeux,
On prend ses chaussures de marche,
Et au milieu de la foule, sa bien-aimée
[Lui]4 fait un signe à la dérobée.

Et au-dessus des parois rocheuses,
Et sur la verte plaine
On se mêle et se réjouit sans fin –
Alors commence la randonnée !

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Translation of title "Allgemeines Wandern" = "Randonnée générale"
1 Mendelssohn: "Le printemps"
2 Mendelssohn: "appel"
3 Mendelssohn: "Tous l'entendent"
4 Mendelssohn: "Nous"

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Pierre Mathé, (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), "Allgemeines Wandern", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder
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This text was added to the website: 2015-03-06
Line count: 24
Word count: 143

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