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by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866)

Das Posthorn tönt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Das Posthorn tönt
Vom Straßenrain,
O lust'ger Klang
Durch Wald und Hain!
 
Er reißt mit sich
Mich fort im Flug,
Wie Stromes Flucht,
Wie Wolkenzug.
 
Fort über Berg
Und Thal und Feld,
Hinaus, hinaus,
In alle Welt.
 
Als Reis'genoß'
Den munter'n Schall,
Mit Radgebraus
Und Peitschenknall.
 
So geht es fort
Von Lust beseelt,
Hinaus, hinaus,
In alle Welt.
 
Denn ach, von mir
So weit, so weit,
Mein Liebchen wohnt,
O tiefes Leid!
 
Das fährt wohl oft
Erschreckt empor,
Berührt der Schall
Nur leis' ihr Ohr.
 
Es springt zur Thür'
Mit frohem Schrei,
Doch rasselnd fliegt
Die Post vorbei.
 
Vorbei, vorbei,
So wie der Klang,
Der eben jetzt
In's Ohr mir drang.
 
Ach, wann nur führt
Doch mich einmal
Zu dir, zu dir
Solch munt'rer Schall?!

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Confirmed with Johann N. Vogl, Neuer Lieder-Frühling, Wien: Verlag und Druck von J.B. Wallishausser, 1841, pages 35-36


Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866), no title, appears in Neuer Lieder-Frühling, in Posthornklänge, no. 1, first published 1841 [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 Alexander Fesca (1820 - 1849), "Sehnsucht", op. 33, published 1844 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Braunschweig, Spehr [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Robert Volkmann (1815 - 1883), "Posthornklang", op. 2 no. 3 (1840) [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Yearning", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-03-15
Line count: 40
Word count: 125

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