Yearning for the mountains | Ye meadows on high

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by (Carl Friedrich) Julius Altmann (1814 - 1873)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sehnsucht nach den Bergen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ihr Auen hoch oben 
im sonnigen Schein!
Da drüben, da droben
da möcht' ich wohl sein.

Ein Dörflein, das schwebet 
still über der Kluft,
als ob es nur webet
in Licht und in Luft.

Nach den sonnigen Auen 
da stehet mein Sinn, 
zum Dörflein im Blauen 
da zieht es mich hin.

Confirmed with Der Chorgesang. Centralblatt für Instrumentalmusik, Chor- und Sologesang, VII. Jahrgang (1893), Nro. 14 (Leipzig, 15. April 1893), page 316.

Text Authorship:

by (Carl Friedrich) Julius Altmann (1814 - 1873), "Sehnsucht nach den Bergen" [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 Theodor Gaugler (1840 - 1892), "Sehnsucht nach den Bergen", op. 10 no. 5, published 1873 [ ttbb chorus ], Leipzig: Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
by Ludwig Kindscher (1800 - 1875), "Sehnsucht nach den Bergen", op. 8 (12 Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 11, published 1871 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Yearning for the mountains", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-04-17
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Yearning for the mountains

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Ye meadows on high
in the sunny radiance!
Yonder, yonder
I would so gladly be.

A little village that hovers
quietly above the chasm,
as if it were only woven
in light and in air.

To the sunny meadows
my spirit is turned,
to the little village in the blueness,
that is where I am drawn.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by (Carl Friedrich) Julius Altmann (1814 - 1873), "Sehnsucht nach den Bergen"
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 56