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Ich wandre fort [ins ferne]1 Land, Noch einmal blickt' ich um, bewegt Und sah, wie sie den Mund geregt, Und wie gewinket ihre Hand. Wohl rief sie noch ein freundlich Wort Mir nach auf meinen trüben Gang, Doch hört' ich nicht den liebsten Klang, Weil ihn der Wind getragen fort. Daß ich mein Glück verlassen muß, Du rauher, kalter Windeshauch, Ist's nicht genug, daß du mir auch Entreißest ihren letzten Gruß?
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Nicolaus Lenau, Stuttgart, Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1877, pages 187-188. Note for stanza 2, line 2, word 4: in Mendelssohn's score and in some editions of Lenau, there is a misprint of "meinem".
1 Mendelssohn: "in fernes"Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "An den Wind", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge [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- by Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (1846 - 1926), "An den Wind", 1886 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Johann Gottfried) Heinrich Bellermann (1832 - 1903), "An den Wind", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Ich wandre fort in's ferne Land ", op. 33 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Ich wand're fort in's ferne Land", op. 45 no. 1, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Vergessene Lieder, no. 1, Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Dessauer (1798 - 1876), "An den Wind" [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Paul [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "An den Wind", op. 26 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6, published 1856 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "An den Wind", A. 17 (c1905-11), published 1970 [ medium voice and piano ], from Four German Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "An den Wind", op. 8 no. 4, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder der Liebe. Acht Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Auf der Wanderschaft", op. 71 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 (1842) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emanuel Moór (1863 - 1931), "An den Wind", op. 13 (Sechzehn Lieder) no. 7, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "An den Wind", op. 36 no. 9 (1923) [ voice and chamber orchestra ], from Elegie: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Nikolaus Lenau und Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 9, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "An den Wind", op. 48 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1876 [ alto and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To the wind", copyright © 2004
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au vent", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 72
I wandered forth to a far-off land; just one more time I looked back with emotion, and saw how she moved her mouth and how she waved with her hand. She must have called a friendly word to send me on my gloomy way, but I did not hear one beloved sound because the wind had carried it away. That I must give up my happiness, you raw, cold blast of wind, it should be enough - yet must you also tear from me her last farewell?
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "An den Wind", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge
This text was added to the website: 2004-05-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 86