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Am frischgeschnittnen Wanderstab, Wenn ich in der Frühe So [durch]1 Wälder ziehe, Hügel auf und ab: Dann, wie's Vöglein im Laube Singet und sich rührt, Oder wie die goldne Traube Wonnegeister spürt In der ersten Morgensonne: So fühlt auch mein alter, lieber Adam Herbst und Frühlingsfieber, Gottbeherzte, Nie verscherzte Erstlings-Paradiseswonne. Also bist du nicht so schlimm, o alter Adam, wie die strengen Lehrer sagen; Liebst und lobst du immer doch, Singst und preisest immer noch, Wie an ewig neuen Schöpfungstagen, Deinen lieben Schöpfer und Erhalter. Möcht' es dieser geben Und mein ganzes Leben Wär' im leichten Wanderschweiße Eine solche Morgenreise!
Confirmed with Eduard Mörike, Gedichte, Dramatisches, Erzählendes, Zweite, erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., 1961, page 44.
1 Killmayer: "durch die"Authorship:
- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Fußreise" [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 Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Fußreise", 2005, published 2014 [ tenor and piano ], from Mörike-Lieder für Tenor und Klavier, no. 14, note: added to the cycle in 2005. Mainz, London, Berlin, Madrid, New York, Paris, Prague, Tokyo, Toronto: Schott Music [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vic Nees (b. 1936), "Fußreise", published 2003 [ soprano, SATB chorus ], from Zwei Chorlieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Fußreise", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Passejada a peu", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "Journey on foot", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Shawn Thuris) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Promenade à pied", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Randonnée pédestre", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Passeggiata", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-10-22
Line count: 24
Word count: 100
Quando, con un bastone appena tagliato, la mattina presto me ne vado per i boschi, su e giù per le colline: poi, come l'uccellino tra i rami canta e si muove, o come il grappolo d'oro sente l'essenza della gioia nel primo sole del mattino: così prova anche il mio vecchio, caro Adamo la febbre dell'autunno e della primavera, divinamente ardita, mai dimenticata prima gioia del paradiso. Dunque non sei così malvagio, o vecchio Adamo, come dicono i maestri severi: ami e lodi ancora, canti e glorifichi ancora, come in un giorno della creazione sempre nuovo, Colui che ti ha creato e ti conserva! Se Lui lo volesse, sarebbe tutta la mia vita, nel leggero sudore del viandante, una simile passeggiata mattutina.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2008 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 Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Fußreise"
This text was added to the website: 2008-05-12
Line count: 24
Word count: 122