Singlen els núvols

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by Fritz Brentano (1840 - 1914)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Es segeln die Wolken

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Es segeln die Wolken,
Weiß niemand wohin;
Die Lüfte, sie rauschen,
[Wer sagt mir wohin?]¹

Sie wandern zusammen,
Sie kommen und flieh'n,
Mag Keiner mir künden,
Wohin wohl, wohin?

So zieh' ich ins Leben
Mit fröhlichem Sinn,
Doch frage mich niemand,
Wohin wohl, wohin?

Noch duften die Blüten,
[Noch lacht mir]² das Grün,
Glückauf zu dem Wandern,
Weiß selbst nicht wohin.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• H. Wolf

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Confirmed with Die Deutsche Schaubühne, neunter Jahrgang, ed. by Martin Perels, Leipzig: Oskar Leiner, 1868, page 40. Appears in Lieder eines fahrenden Comödianten, von Fritz Brentano, no. 2.

¹ Wolf: "Wohin wohl, wohin?"
² Wolf: "Noch locket"

Text Authorship:

by Fritz Brentano (1840 - 1914), no title [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 Gustav Langer (1830 - 1889), "Frühlingswanderung", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Mannheim, Sohler & Donecker [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Wanderlied (Aus einem alten Liederbuche)", 1877 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 63

Singlen els núvols

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

Singlen els núvols
ningú sap cap on;
l’oreig remoreja
qui em pot dir cap on?

Ells viatgen ensems,
ells vénen i van,
algú em pot dir,
cap on, cap on?

Així jo vaig per la vida
amb un esperit alegre,
però ningú em pregunta,
cap on, cap on?

Les flors flairen encara,
encara em somriuen els camps,
bona sort per a la caminada,
però jo mateix no sé cap on.

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Translations of title(s):
"Frühlingswanderung" = "Caminada a primavera"
"Wanderlied (Aus einem alten Liederbuche)" = "Cançó del caminant (D'un antic cançoner)"

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This text was added to the website: 2021-12-12
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