Wanderer's song | We have fled the city's throngs

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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Translation © by Charles James Pearson

Wanderlied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Entflohn sind wir der Stadt Gedränge,
Wie anders leuchtet hier der Tag!
Wie klingt in unsre Lustgesänge
Lerchensang hier and Wachtelschlag!

Nun wandern wir and lassen gerne
Herrn Griesgram zu Haus;
Ein frischer Blick dringt in die Ferne
Nur immer hinaus!
Wir wandern, bis der späte Abend taut,
Wir rasten, bis der Morgen wieder graut.

Man lagert sich am Schattenquelle,
Wo erst das muntre Reh geruht;
Aus hohler Hand trinkt sich der helle,
Kühle Trank wohl noch eins so gut.

Nun wandern wir and lassen gerne
Herrn Griesgram zu Haus;
Ein frischer Blick dringt in die Ferne
Nur immer hinaus!
Wir wandern, bis der späte Abend taut,
Wir rasten, bis der Morgen wieder graut.

Text Authorship:

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875) [author's text not yet checked 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 Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942), "Wanderlied", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 1 no. 20 (1939) [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Charles James Pearson) , "Wanderer's song", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chant de voyage", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Charles James Pearson

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 114

Wanderer's song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 We have fled the city's throngs,
 how differently shines the day here!
 How sound in our joyful songs
 the calls of lark and quail.
 
 Now we wander and gladly leave
 Lord Grumble at home;
 a fresh view penetrates the distance
 and ever forward.
 We wander until the dew of late evening,
 we rest until the morning comes again.
 
 One makes camp by a shady spring
 where earlier the lively deer has rested;
 from cupped hand one drinks the clear,
 cool drink, there never was better.
 
 Now we wander and gladly leave
 Lord Grumble at home;
 a fresh view penetrates the distance
 and ever forward.
 We wander until the dew of late evening,
 we rest until the morning comes again

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 120