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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Wie fern' ich von der Schönen fahr'
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie fern' ich von der Schönen fahr',
Ich hab 'nen Boten, der fährt so mit Rathe,
Der fährt zu ihr in einer Stund'.

Ihn send' ich alle Morgen dar,
Zu ihr, und auch an manchem Abend Spate ;
Der Bote selber ist nicht kund
Der hehren.

Er geht aus meines Herzens Grund,
Es ist mein Sinn,
Der fährt zu ihr, wie fern' ich bin.

Sie seliges Weib !
Ach möchte mein Leib 
Eben so oft zu ihr kehren!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Meister Hadlaubs Kindische Liebe, no. 7 [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 Berthold Damcke (1812 - 1875), "Wie fern ich von der Schönen", op. 9 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 2, published 1838 [ voice and piano ], Bonn, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-11
Line count: 13
Word count: 76

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