Afoot and light‑hearted, I take to the...
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Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose.
Henceforth I ask not good-fortune -- I myself am good fortune;
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,
Strong and content, I travel the open road.
The earth -- that is sufficient;
I do not want the constellations any nearer;
I know they are very well where they are;
I know they suffice for those who belong to them.
(Still here I carry my old delicious burdens;
I carry them, men and women -- I carry them with me wherever I go;
I swear it is impossible for me to get rid of them;
I am fill'd with them, and I will fill them in return.)
Input by Ahmed E. Ismail
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 Ned Rorem (1923-)
, "The Open Road", 1997, published 1999, stanza 1 and the first line of stanza 2, from Evidence of Things Not Seen, no. 2.
by Wolfgang Wijdeveld (1910-1985)
, "Song of the open road", 1949, published 1949 [medium voice, violin, viola, clarinet, and piano], from Drie liederen, no. 1.
Date added to the website: 2004-08-04.
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