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Wer ein Herz treueigen hält, Fest und mit Vertrauen, Darf getrost die weite Welt Wandernd sich beschauen. Wär die Ferne noch so weit, Wär der Tag voll Widerstreit, In ihm lebt, was allbereit Glättet Stirn und Brauen. Laß die Andern nicht so bald Was du liebst erkennen, Die sich flüchtig leer und kalt Einen oder trennen! Bös ergreift ein höhnisch Wort; Eigne Brust nur ist der Ort, Wo du deiner Seele Hort Darfst bei Namen nennen. So, Herzliebste, schafft das Glück Trennung nicht zum Leide, Bleib' ich ganz dir doch zurück, Wenn ich von dir scheide. Ich, in deines Herzens Hut, Du, mein bestes Wandergut, Und so sind wir frohgemuth Gottgesegnet beide!
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Confirmed with Otto Roquette, Gedichte, Dritte veränderte und vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1880, page 37
Authorship:
- by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), "Wandergut", appears in Jugendlieder [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Wer ein Herz treueigen hält", op. 103 (5 Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1853 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Heuberger (1850 - 1914), "Wandergut", op. 38 (Drei Männerchöre) no. 1, published 1891 [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Wandering-talisman", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-01
Line count: 24
Word count: 112
He who calls a faithful heart his own, Firmly and with trust, May confidently survey the wide world While wandering through it. Were the distance ever so great, Were the day full of conflict, Within him lives that which is always ready To smooth his forehead and brows. Do not so quickly let others know That which you love, [Others] who vapidly and coldly Come together fleetingly and part! Wickedly a derisive word would seize it; Your own bosom alone is the place Where you may call the refuge Of your soul by name. Thus, beloved of my heart, fortune does not Create separation to be a sorrow; I remain utterly with you yet Even when I part from you. I, in the keeping of your heart, You, my best wandering-talisman, And thus, lighthearted, We are both blessed by God!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), "Wandergut", appears in Jugendlieder
This text was added to the website: 2017-12-19
Line count: 24
Word count: 140