by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
Du bist gemacht zu wandern
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Du bist gemacht zu wandern, Und ich gemacht zu ruhn. Du gehest nun zu andern. Was soll ich Arme thun? Ich kann von dir nur träumen ; O kehr aus fernen Räumen So schön mir, wie du scheidest nun!
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Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Frühling Liebster, no. 4 [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 Reinhold Bergell (b. 1841), "Frühling Liebster", published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, 4. Heft, no. 2, Danzig, Weber [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Krinninger , "Du bist gemacht zu wandern", op. 6 (Fünf zweistimmige Lieder für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1876 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Wien, Kratochwill [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Du bist gemacht zu wandern ", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1882 [ high voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Carl Martin Reinthaler.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-28
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Word count: 38