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Die Straßen, die ich gehe, So oft ich um mich sehe, Sie bleiben fremd doch mir. [Herberg']1, wo ich möcht' weilen, Ich kann sie nicht ereilen, [Weit, weit]2 ist sie von hier. So fremd mir anzuschauen Sind diese Städt' und Auen, Die Burgen stumm und tot! Doch fern Gebirge ragen, Die meine Heimat tragen, Ein ewig Morgenrot.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Justinus Kerners sämtliche poetische Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Dr. Josef Gaismaier, 1. Band, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1880, page 78.
Note: also published without a title in chapter 14 of Die Heimatlosen
1 Leberl: "Die Herberg"2 Leberl: "weit"
Text Authorship:
- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Wanderer", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte, first published 1813 [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 Walter Courvoisier (1875 - 1931), "Wandrer", op. 27 (Geistliche Lieder), Heft 5 (Trost - Einsamkeit) no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Dannehl (1870 - 1947), "Wanderer", op. 88 no. 5, from Erna-Brand-Liederkreis, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Gund (1865 - 1927), "Die Straßen, die ich gehe", op. 10 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5 (1894?), published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Wanderung", op. 31 (Fünf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1882 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Armin Knab (1881 - 1951), "Wanderer", from Drei Lieder nach Justinus Kerner, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Leberl (1884 - 1952), "Wandrer", op. 22 (Zehn Lieder zur Gitarre nach Gedichten von Justinus Kerner) no. 1 (1914), published 2006 [ voice and guitar ], Frankfurt am Main: Laurentius-Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Clara Schumann, née Wieck (1819 - 1896), "Der Wanderer", 1831? [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Theodor Seiffert (1805 - 1885), "Die Strassen, die ich gehe", op. 2 no. 1, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], Schleusingen: Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Simon (1896 - 1948), "Der Wanderer", 1931 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Johann Gottlob) Friedrich Wieck (1785 - 1873), "Der Wanderer", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "The roadways which I wander", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Voyageur", copyright © 2011, (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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 57
The roads that I wander, Whenever I cast my eyes about, They nevertheless remain unfamiliar to me. [Shelter]1 where I might tarry, I cannot reach it no matter how much I hasten; It is [far, far]2 from here. These cities and fields Look so foreign to me, The castles mute and dead! But far away, mountains loom, [Mountains] that bear my homeland, An eternal sunrise.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Der Wanderer" = "The wanderer"
"Die Straßen, die ich gehe" = "The roads that I wander"
"Wanderer" = "Wanderer"
"Wanderung" = "The wandering journey"
"Wandrer" = "Wanderer"
2 Leberl: "far"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Wanderer", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte, first published 1813
This text was added to the website: 2021-09-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 65