Wanderer

Die Straßen, die ich gehe,
so oft ich um mich sehe,
sie bleiben fremd doch mir.
Herberg', wo ich möcht weilen,
ich kann sie nicht ereilen,
weit, weit ist sie von hier.

So fremd mir anzuschauen
sind diese Städt' und Auen,
die Burgen stumm und tot;
doch fern Gebirge ragen,
die meine Heimat tragen,
ein ewig Morgenrot.

Note: also published without a title in chapter 14 of Die Heimatlosen

Authorship

by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786-1862) , "Wanderer"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Walter Courvoisier (1875-1931) , "Wandrer", op. 27 (Geistliche Lieder), Heft 5 (Trost - Einsamkeit) no. 11.
by Franz Dannehl , "Wanderer", op. 88 no. 5, from Erna-Brand-Liederkreis, no. 5.
by Robert Gund (1865-1927) , "Die Straßen, die ich gehe", op. 10 (Acht Lieder) no. 5 (1894?)
by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843-1900) , "Wanderung", op. 31 (Fünf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1882 [high voice and piano], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann
by Armin Knab (1881-1951) , "Wanderer", from Drei Lieder nach Justinus Kerner, no. 1.
by Clara Schumann, née Wieck (1819-1896) , "Der Wanderer", 1831?
by Hermann Simon (1896-1948) , "Der Wanderer", 1931.
by (Johann Gottlob) Friedrich Wieck (1785-1873) , "Der Wanderer", published 1875 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Leuckart

ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "The roadways which I wander", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , "Voyageur", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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The roadways which I wander

The roadways which I wander -
so oft I look around me -
still strange they seem to me.
Lodging, where I would shelter,
I can not quite arrive there,
far, far it is from here.

So alien they seem to me
these cities and these meadows,
 the castles mute and dead;
yet far the mountains tower
where lies my native homeland,
an endless rising sun.

Authorship

Translation from German to English copyright © 1996 by David Kenneth Smith, dksmith (AT) geneva.edu, http://www.geneva.edu/~dksmith/clara/schumann.html, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder(s) when requesting permission to reprint and be sure to give proper credit.

a text in German by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786-1862) , "Wanderer" FRE

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.