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Ich [ziehe so lustig zum Thore]1 hinaus, als ob's ein Spaß nur wär: Das macht, es wallt Feinsliebchens Bild gar helle vor mir her. Da merk ich dann im Herzen bald, ich sei dort oben hier, Ich gehe fort, ich kehre heim, ich ziehe doch immer zu ihr. Und wer zu seinem Liebchen reist, dem wird kein Weg zu schwer, Der läuft bei Tag und läuft bei Nacht, und ruht sich nimmermehr. Und ob es regnet, ob es stürmt, mir thut kein Wetter weh: Es hat mein Liebchen mir gesagt ein freundliches Ade!
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View text without footnotes1 Attenhofer: "zieh' so lustig zum Thor"
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Auszug", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Reiselieder, in Wanderlieder eines rheinischen Handwerksburschen, no. 1 [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 Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Ich zieh' so lustig zum Thor hinaus", op. 76 (Zehn leichte Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 7, published 1892 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf von Eckenbrecher , "Auszug", op. 6 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Stralsund, Lindner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Gast (1854 - 1918), "Wanderlied", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder für Tenor mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1900 [ tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812 - 1883), "Auszug", op. 44 no. 2 [ medium voice, piano ], from Zehn Reise- und Wanderlieder von Wilhelm Müller, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cyrill Kistler (1848 - 1907), "Abschied", op. 33 (Drei Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 1, published 1878 [ four-part men's chorus ], München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henning Karl Adam von Koss (1855 - 1913), "Ausfahrt", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für Sopran mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1887 [ soprano and piano ], Berlin, Glas [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Wanderlied", op. 68 (Sechs Gesänge von Wilhelm Müller für eine Baritonstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1831 [ baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Schäffer (1829 - 1900), "Auszug" [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Sechs Wanderlieder für vier Männerstimmen (Nachlass no. 9), no. 1, Hamburg: Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Weinwurm (1835 - 1911), "Auszug" [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Ferdinand Wüerst (1824 - 1881), "Auszug", op. 18 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Guttentag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Friedrich Zöllner (1800 - 1860), "Aufzug", op. 14 no. 1, published 1854 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Wanderlieder, no. 1, Leipzig: A. H. Hirsch [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-06-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 94
I go out through the gate so happily, As though it was merely a jest: That’s because my beloved's image Hovers so brightly before me. Then in my heart, I soon realize That I am here, far away; I depart, I return home, Yet I am always journeying to her. And for one who travels to a beloved, No road will prove too difficult; Moving by day and by night, And never resting. And whether it rains or storms, No weather will bother me: My beloved has bidden me An affectionate farewell!
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Translations of titles:
"Abschied" = "Departure"
"Aufzug" = "Departure"
"Ausfahrt" = "Departure"
"Auszug" = "Departure"
"Ich zieh' so lustig zum Thor hinaus" = "I go out through the gate so happily"
"Wanderlied" = "Wandering Song"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Auszug", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Reiselieder, in Wanderlieder eines rheinischen Handwerksburschen, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 92