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[Ich auf der Erd', am Himmel du]1, Wir wandern beide rüstig zu: - Ich ernst und trüb, du [mild]2 und rein, Was mag der Unterschied wol seyn? Ich wandre fremd von Land zu Land, So heimatlos, so unbekannt; Bergauf, bergab, waldein, waldaus, Doch [bin ich nirgend - ach! -]3 zu Haus. Du aber wanderst auf und ab Aus [Westens Wieg' in Ostens]4 Grab, - Wallst länderein und länderaus, Und bist doch, wo du bist, zu Haus. Der Himmel, endlos ausgespannt, Ist dein geliebtes Heimatland: O glücklich, wer wohin er geht, Doch auf der Heimat Boden steht!
Confirmed with Joh. Gabr. Seidl's Dichtungen. Zweiter Theil. Lieder der Nacht. [...] Von Johann Gabriel Seidl. Wien. Druck und Verlag von J. P. Sollinger. 1826, page 24; with Lieder der Nacht. Von Johann Gabriel Seidl. Zweite, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Wien, 1851. Druck und Verlag von J. P. Sollinger's Witwe, pages 23-24; and with Joh. Gabr. Seidl's gesammelte Schriften. Mit einer Einleitung von Julius von der Traun. Herausgegeben von Hans Max. Erster Band. [...] Wien, 1877. Wilhelm Braumüller k.k. Hof- und Universitätsbuchhändler, page 31.
1 Seidl (1851 and 1877 editions): "Auf Erden - ich, am Himmel - du"2 Seidl (1851 and 1877 editions): "hell"
3 Seidl (1826 edition): "nirgend bin ich ach!"
4 Seidl (1851 and 1877 editions), and Schubert (Alte Gesamtausgabe): "Ostens Wieg' in Westens"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804 - 1875), "Der Wanderer an den Mond", appears in Lieder der Nacht [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Wanderer an den Mond", op. 80 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, D 870 (1826), published 1827 [ voice, piano ], Tobias Haslinger, VN 5028, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El caminant a la lluna", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De zwerver tot de maan", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The wanderer speaks to the moon", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le voyageur à la lune", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il viandante alla luna", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il viandante alla luna", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 93
Io sulla terra, tu nel cielo, andiamo entrambi di buon passo, io serio e turbato, tu chiara e pura, quale sarà la differenza? Io vado straniero di terra in terra, senza patria, sconosciuto, su e giù per le montagne, per i boschi, ma non sono mai, ahimè, a casa. Tu invece vai su e giù dalla culla dell'est alla tomba dell'ovest, vai fluttuando su terre e terre e sei, dovunque tu sia, a casa. Il cielo immenso, senza fine, è la tua cara patria; o felice chi, dovunque vada, sta sempre sul suolo della patria!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2007 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804 - 1875), "Der Wanderer an den Mond", appears in Lieder der Nacht
This text was added to the website: 2007-11-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 95