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by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890)

Wie flatternde Bänder
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Wie flatternde Bänder
Der schneeige Schaum
Und weit um die Ränder
Grüntannen im Traum!

  Ihr rauschenden Wellen,
Wohin, ach, wohin?
Sucht Wandergesellen
Der flüchtige Sinn?

  Die Wasser, sie wogen
Grünschneeig zu Thal
Durch felsige Bogen
Mit mächtigem Strahl.

  "Mag träumen die Tanne,
Wir wandern und zieh'n
In himmlischem Banne,
Fragt Niemand wohin?"

  "Der Jugend das Wandern,
Dem Alter die Ruh'!
Ruft einer der andern,
"Ihr Wellen, nur zu!"

  "Gelebt ist gelitten!
Ihr Wellen, nur zu!
Wir wandern und bitten
Um himmlische Ruh'!"

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, page 119.


Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, written 1877-1878, appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition], in Aus den Alpen, no. 1 [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 Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Aus den Alpen", op. 124 no. 7 (1881) [ SATB chorus ], from Waldblumen, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "From the alps", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-08-24
Line count: 24
Word count: 83

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