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Da fahr' ich still im Wagen, Du bist so weit von mir, Wohin er mich mag tragen, Ich bleibe doch bei dir. Da fliegen Wälder, Klüfte Und schöne Täler tief Und Lerchen hoch in Lüften, Als ob dein' Stimme rief. Die Sonne lustig scheinet Weit über das Revier, Ich bin so froh verweinet, Und singe still in mir. Vom Berge geht's hinunter, Das Posthorn schallt im Grund, Mein' Seel' wird mir so munter, Grüß' dich aus Herzensgrund.
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Authorship
- by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der verliebte Reisende, 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 Friedrich August Hering (1819 - 1889), "Der Reisende", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "Der verliebte Reisende", op. 19 (3 Lieder) no. 3 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Karl Rausch (1880 - 1951), "In der Fremde" [ voice and piano ], from Elf Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "In der Fremde", op. 15 (Sechs Lieder für mittlere und höhere Stimme und Klavier) no. 4 (1908) [ voice and piano ] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Richard Trunk (1879 - 1968), "Der verliebte Reisende", op. 45 (Sieben Eichendorff-Lieder) no. 6, published 1933 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "In der Fremde", op. 23 (Zehn Lieder) no. 1 (1907/8) [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Rahter [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "In der Fremde I", 1881 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I travel silently in the coach", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dans la voiture, je voyage en silence", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 77
I travel silently in the coach - you are so far from me - but wherever it might take me, I remain still with you. There fly by forests, gorges and lovely deep valleys, and larks high in the sky, as if your voice were calling. The sun shines merrily far beyond the area; I am so happy and so tearful, and I sing silently inside. From the mountains, the path goes downward, the posthorn rings out below; my soul grows so cheerful and I greet you from the bottom of my heart.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der verliebte Reisende, no. 1
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 93