Ich wandre fern. Hoch über meinem Haupt mein böser Stern. Ich wandre weit. Um mich des Todes Einsamkeit. Was blieb mir noch? Hinab ins Loch! An alt-erschlagenen Buchen Muß ich den Weg mir suchen; Den Weg Der abwärts geht. Was hier lebt ist verflucht!! Der Stern fällt In die Schlucht. Zerschellt.
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Confirmed with Hans Reinhart, Frührot -- Der Tag: Gedichte, Stuttgart: Axel Juncker, 1906. Appears in Die Nacht, page 176.
Text Authorship:
- by Hans Reinhart (1880 - 1963), no title, appears in Frührot -- Der Tag: Gedichte, in Die Nacht, Stuttgart: Axel Juncker, first published 1906 [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 Alfred Schlenker (1876 - 1950), "Wanderung", published 1909 [sung text not yet checked]
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