Las tierras corrí, los mares pasé, ventura busqué, no la may para mí: todos cuantos ví salen con ventura, para mí ninguna. Ventura buscaba, fortuna tenia, razon la pedia, amor la negaba: mi fe firme estaba, mas no mi ventura, pues no veo ninguna. La pena sufria por mi pasatiempo; pensaba que un tiempo tras otro venia: la ventura mia trocóse en fortuna, para mí ninguna.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914) , no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 89 ; composed by Halfdan Kjerulf, Severin Warteresiewicz, Hugo Wolf.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Halfdan Kjerulf.
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Ich fuhr über Meer, Ich [zog]1 über Land, Das Glück das fand Ich nimmermehr. Die Andern umher Wie jubelten sie! [Und ich]2 jubelte nie! Nach Glück ich jagte, An Leiden krankt' ich; Als Recht verlangt' ich Was Liebe versagte. Ich hofft' und wagte -- Kein Glück mir gedieh, Und so schaut' ich es nie. Trug ohne Klage Die Leiden, die bösen, Und dacht', es lösen Sich ab die Tage. Die fröhlichen Tage Wie eilen sie! -- Ich ereilte sie nie!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Spanisches Liederbuch von Emanuel Geibel und Paul Heyse, Dritte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1904, page 157.
1 Kjerulf: "fuhr"2 Wolf: "ich"
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 89 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Halfdan Kjerulf (1815 - 1868), "Ich fuhr über Meer", op. 25 (4 Sånger) no. 4 (1856-1863), published 1871 [ voice and piano ], also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Severin Warteresiewicz (1852 - 1923), "Ich fuhr über Meer", op. 6 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 4, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Ich fuhr über Meer", 1889-90, from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Vaig navegar pel mar", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "J'ai sillonné la mer", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-09
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Word count: 80