Comfort in song | The wanderer, for whom has vanished

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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Trost im Gesang

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Der Wandrer, dem verschwunden
So Sonn' als Mondenlicht,
Der singt ein Lied ins Dunkel
Und härmt sich länger nicht.
Er schreitet mutig weiter
Die menschenleere Bahn,
Viel lichte Sangesbilder,
Die ziehen ihm voran.

Nacht ist's auch mir geworden,
Die Freunde stehen fern,
Von meinem Himmel schwindet
Der allerletzte Stern;
Doch geh' ich mutig weiter
Die menschenleere Bahn,
Noch ziehen Sangesbilder
Ja mir auch licht voran.

Text Authorship:

by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Trost im Gesang" [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 Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Trost im Gesang" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Trost im Gesang", op. posth. 142 (Vier Gesänge) no. 1 (1840), published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Conhort en el cant", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Troost in het zingen", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Comfort in song", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Consolation dans le chant", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Conforto nel canto", copyright © 2006, (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: 65

Comfort in song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The wanderer, for whom has vanished
Both sunlight and moonlight,
He sings a song into the darkness
And sorrows no longer.
He strides courageously onward
Along the deserted pathway,
Many luminous song-images
Move along [the pathway] before him.

For me, too, it has become night,
My friends are far from me,
From my heaven vanishes
The very last star;
Yet I stride courageously onward
Along the deserted pathway,
Song-images still move
Before me luminously.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2012 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 Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Trost im Gesang"
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This text was added to the website: 2012-11-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 74