There must be many a signpost

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by Luise Elisabeth Bertha Koch (1875 - 1966), as Maidy Koch

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es steht wohl mancher Weiser

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Es steht wohl mancher Weiser
Im Land an Weg und Steg,
Wohl manches Kreuz verwittert,
Im dichten Dorngeheg'.

Bin alle schon gegangen,
Die Wege her und hin,
Weit über Thal und Berge,
Mit wandermüdem Sinn.

Den einen, nur den einen --
Ich liess ihn einst im Glück --
Den Weg zu meinem Frieden . . .
Den find' ich nicht zurück.

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Text Authorship:

by Luise Elisabeth Bertha Koch (1875 - 1966), as Maidy Koch [author's text not yet checked 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 Berta Bock (1857 - 1945), "Es steht wohl mancher Weiser im Land an Weg und Steg", op. 6 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published c1900 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Fritz Schuberth Jr. [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wilhelm Heinemann , "Irrwege", op. 7 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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There must be many a signpost

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

There must be many a signpost
Along road and path in the land,
Well many a weathered cross
In the dense thorny thicket.

I have already walked them all,
The paths here and there,
Far over valley and mountain
With a spirit weary of wandering.

One, only one of them --
I left it once in happiness --
The road to my peace . . .
To that one I cannot find my way back.

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Translations of title(s):
"Es steht wohl mancher Weiser im Land an Weg und Steg" = "There must be many a signpost along road and path in the land"
"Irrwege" = "Wrong pathways"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Luise Elisabeth Bertha Koch (1875 - 1966), as Maidy Koch
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This text was added to the website: 2019-05-08
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