Wandering | Wandering is the miller's joy

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by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FIN FRE GRE IRI ITA ITA KOR POR

Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust,
Das Wandern!
Das muß ein [schlechter]¹ Müller sein,
Dem niemals fiel das Wandern ein,
Das Wandern.

Vom Wasser haben wir's gelernt,
Vom Wasser!
Das hat nicht Rast bei Tag und Nacht,
Ist stets auf Wanderschaft bedacht,
Das Wasser.

Das sehn wir auch den Rädern ab,
Den Rädern!
Die gar nicht gerne stille stehn,
Die sich mein Tag nicht müde [drehn]²,
Die Räder.

Die Steine selbst, so schwer sie sind,
Die Steine!
Sie tanzen mit den muntern Reihn
Und wollen gar noch schneller sein,
Die Steine.

O Wandern, Wandern, meine Lust,
O Wandern!
Herr Meister und Frau Meisterin,
Laßt mich in Frieden weiter ziehn
Und wandern.

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• J. Lang • F. Schubert

J. Lang sets stanza 1

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Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Erstes Bändchen. Zweite Auflage. Deßau 1826. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 6-7; and with Sieben und siebzig Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Dessau, 1821. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 7-8.

First published in a slightly different version with the title Wanderlust in Gaben der Milde. Viertes Bändchen. Mit Beiträgen von [...]. Für die Bücher-Verloosung "zum Vortheil hülfloser Krieger" herausgegeben von F. W. Gubitz. Berlin, 1818, pages 214-215.

¹ Lang: "rechter"
² Schubert: "gehn"

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Wanderschaft", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 2, first published 1818 [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 Otto Baehr , "Wanderschaft", published 1841 [ mezzo-soprano or alto or baritone and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Rudolf von Hertzberg (1818 - 1893), "Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust", op. 4 (6 Gesänge f. Alt oder Bass) no. 1, published 1838 [ alto or bass and piano ], Berlin, Crantz [sung text not yet checked]
by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Das Wandern", stanza 1 [ voice and piano ], unpublished, undated, incomplete [sung text checked 1 time]
by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Wanderschaft", op. 61 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Carl) Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (1810 - 1849), "Wanderlied", op. 3 no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Das Wandern", op. 25 no. 1, D 795 no. 1 (1823), from Die schöne Müllerin, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust", op. 13 ([Sieben] Deutsche Gesänge) no. 5, published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 25
Word count: 114

Wandering

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Wandering is the miller's joy,
Wandering!
He must be a miserable miller,
Who never likes to wander.
Wandering!

We've learned this from the water,
From the water!
It does not rest by day or night,
It's always thinking of its journey,
The water.

We see this also with the wheels,
With the wheels!
They don't like to stand still,
And turn all day without tiring.
With the wheels.

The stones themselves, heavy though they are,
The stones!
They join in the cheerful dance,
And want to go yet faster.
The stones!

Oh, wandering, wandering, my joy,
Oh, wandering!
Oh, Master and Mistress,
Let me continue in peace,
And wander!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Wanderschaft", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 2, first published 1818
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 25
Word count: 109