by Fritz Brentano (1840 - 1914)
Es segeln die Wolken
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es segeln die Wolken, Weiß niemand wohin; Die Lüfte, sie rauschen, [Wer sagt mir wohin?]1 Sie wandern zusammen, Sie kommen und flieh'n, Mag Keiner mir künden, Wohin wohl, wohin? So zieh' ich ins Leben Mit fröhlichem Sinn, Doch frage mich niemand, Wohin wohl, wohin? Noch duften die Blüten, [Noch lacht mir]2 das Grün, Glückauf zu dem Wandern, Weiß selbst nicht wohin.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Die Deutsche Schaubühne, neunter Jahrgang, ed. by Martin Perels, Leipzig: Oskar Leiner, 1868, page 40. Appears in Lieder eines fahrenden Comödianten, von Fritz Brentano, no. 2.
1 Wolf: "Wohin wohl, wohin?"2 Wolf: "Noch locket"
Authorship:
- by Fritz Brentano (1840 - 1914), no title [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 Gustav Langer (1830 - 1889), "Frühlingswanderung", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Mannheim, Sohler & Donecker [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Wanderlied (Aus einem alten Liederbuche)", 1877 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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