Die verlassene Fischersbraut

In der Ferne geht sein Nachen,
Und sein Netze blinkt.
Mag er treulos meiner lachen,
Wenn sie drüben winkt.
 
Dort im Laub die wilden Tauben
Kennen Falschheit nicht,
Mag die Dirne alles glauben,
Was er ihr verspricht.
 
Mag er [heißen sie sein Liebchen,]1
Wie er's mit mir trieb, -
Komm, mein krankes, bleiches Bübchen,
Komm, es wird [so]2 trüb.

Translation(s): ENG

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¹ Hermann: "sie sein Liebchen nennen"
² Hermann: "schon"

Submitted by Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), "Die verlassene Fischersbraut" [ author's text checked 1 time]

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

• by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Die verlassene Fischersbraut", subtitle: "Barcarolle", op. 42, published 1893 [voice and piano], Leipzig, E. Grude [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "The forsaken bride of the fisherman", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The forsaken bride of the fisherman

In the distance I see his barque moving,
And his net glistens.
May he laugh at me faithlessly,
When she beckons yonder.
 
There in the foliage the wild doves
Know not falsity;
May that lass believe everything
That he promises her.
 
May he call her his beloved,
As he called me, -
Come, my sickly, pale little boy,
Come, it is [growing so]1 dark.

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¹ Hermann: "already growing"

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), "Die verlassene Fischersbraut"
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Hans Hermann. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2015-11-25.
Last modified: 2015-11-25 15:47:57
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Word count: 64