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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es treibt [dich]1 fort von Ort zu Ort, Du weißt nicht mal warum; Im Winde klingt ein sanftes Wort, Schaust dich verwundert um. Die Liebe, die dahinten blieb, Sie ruft dich sanft zurück: "O komm zurück, ich hab dich lieb, Du bist mein einz'ges Glück!" Doch weiter, weiter, sonder Rast, Du darfst nicht stille stehn; Was du so sehr geliebet hast, Sollst du nicht wiedersehn.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 295.
1 Marschner, Mayer: "mich"; further changes may exist not shown above.Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in In der Fremde, no. 1 [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 Rudolf Bibl (1832 - 1902), "Der Abschied", op. 16 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1858-85? [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Wolfgang von Ehrenstein (? - 1870), "Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort", op. 11 no. 6, from Leid und Lust : Liedercyclus, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort", 2008-9 [ voice and piano ], from In der Fremde, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by J. Felix , "Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Paul Flügel (1844 - 1912), "Es treibt dich fort", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Greifswald, Verlag der Academischen Buchhandlung (and later: Leipzig, Leuckart, 1876) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort", 2007, published c2007-8 [ high voice and piano ], from Verschiedene : vol. 2, Clarisse-Tragödie, no. 28 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "In der Fremde", op. 38 (Sechs Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 6, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Gompertz (1859 - 1921), "Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort", published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from 12 Lieder, no. 1, London, Augener [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "In der Fremde", op. 51 (Poème dramatique: sieben Lieder nach Heinrich Heine und Vl. Soloviev) no. 4, published 1911, title in Russian: 'На чужбине' [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Hagemeyer , "Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort", published 1977 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Abschied" [ vocal trio for soprano, alto, and tenor a cappella ], from Fünf Terzette a cappella für Sopran, Alt und Tenor, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Abschied", alternate title: "In der Fremde", op. 3 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, published 1865 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Kirschbaum , "Es treibt dich fort", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Klein (1802 - 1862), "Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oscar de La Cinna , "Der Wanderer", published 1859 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Huub de Lange (b. 1955), "In der Fremde", published 2008 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from 5 Liedchen von Liebe und Tod, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by E. Lötz , "In der Fremde", from Zwei Gedichte von Heinrich Heine, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Campbell MacKenzie, Sir (1847 - 1935), "Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort", op. 14 (Drei Lieder von H. Heine) no. 3, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Abschied", op. 92 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1836 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Nagel [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Mayer , "Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Anton Mayer , "Es treibt mich fort", op. 2 (Zwei Lieder für Baryton (oder Mezzo-Sopran) mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 2, published 1880 [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort", op. 22 no. 9, published 1878 [ medium voice and piano ], from Buch der Lieder. Zwölf Gedichte von Heine, no. 9, Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willem Frederick Gerard Nicolai (1829 - 1896), "Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort", op. 2 (Vier Lieder: Soparn) no. 3, published 18-? [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Pflughaupt (1833 - 1871), "Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1859 [ voice and piano ], Weimar, Kühn [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Posca , "In der Fremde", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Haring [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich August Reissiger (1809 - 1883), "Abschied", op. 2 (Vier Gesänge) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter (1808 - 1879), "Abschied", op. 13 (Sechs zweistimmige Lieder für 2 Sopranstimmen mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1846 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by R. Seiffert , "In der Fremde" [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Zwei Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Staudigl (1807 - 1861), "In der Fremde", op. 6 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Tausch (1827 - 1895), "In der Fremde", op. 21 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1891 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Düsseldorf, Bayrhoffer Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Abschied", op. 14 (Gesänge und Lieder) no. 1, published 1836 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Vollweiler (1813 - 1848), "Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort", op. 45 (Vier Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johan Weegenhuise (b. 1910), "In der Fremde", published 1962 [ baritone or alto and piano ], from Vier Lieder nach Heine, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Weiss (b. 1864), "Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für Tenor (oder Soprano) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65
You are driven away from place to place
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
[You are]1 driven away from place to place, You do not even know why; In the wind there chimes a gentle word, You look back, astonished. The beloved that remained behind, She calls you gently back: "Oh come back, I love you, You are my sole happiness!" But onward, onward without rest, You may not stand still; That which you loved so much, That you shall not see again.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Abschied" = "Farewell"
"Abschied: Duett" = "Farewell: duet"
"Der Abschied" = "The farewell"
"Der Wanderer" = "The wanderer"
"Es treibt dich fort" = "You are driven away"
"Es treibt dich fort von Ort zu Ort" = "You are driven away from place to place"
"Es treibt mich fort" = "I am driven away"
"In der Fremde" = "In foreign places"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in In der Fremde, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2022-07-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 69