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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Text Authorship:
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]
- by Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "Der verliebte Reisende", op. 19 (3 Lieder) no. 3 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Rausch (1880 - 1951), "In der Fremde" [ voice and piano ], from Elf Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- 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]
- by Richard Trunk (1879 - 1968), "Der verliebte Reisende", op. 45 (Sieben Eichendorff-Lieder) no. 6, published 1933 [sung text not yet checked]
- 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]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "In der Fremde I", 1881 [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 (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.