At the alpine lake | Shall I linger at the shore?

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Am Alpensee

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Soll ich weilen an dem Strande?
Soll ich eilen übern See?
Oder keck vom Felsenrande
Steigen bis zum ewgen Schnee?

Hier so traulich lockt der Schatten,
Dort so leuchtend blitzt die Fluth,
Und so schimmernd ob den Matten
Winkt der Firnen reine Gluth.

Horch! ein Glöcklein hör' ich klingen,
Hin und her die Klänge ziehn:
Höher muß das Herz sich schwingen,
Bis zu Gottes Herzen fliehn!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874, mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 96.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Am Alpensee", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 106 [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 Theodor Gaugler (1840 - 1892), "Am Alpensee", op. 22 no. 2, published 1876 [ ttbb chorus ], from Fünfzehn Lieder und Gesänge von Friedrich Oser zunächst für Volksgesang (vierstimmigen Männerchor), no. 2, Binningen: Kompfe [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Jakob Nater (1826 - 1906), "Am Alpensee", published 1872 [ satb chorus ], from Alpenrosen. Zwölf Lieder für gemischten Chor., no. 1, Zürich: Fries [sung text not yet checked]
by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Am Alpensee" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At the alpine lake", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

At the alpine lake

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Shall I linger at the shore?
Shall I hasten across the lake?
Or boldy ascend from the rocky rim
Up to the eternal snow?

Here the shade entices so beautifully,
There the waters sparkle so brilliantly,
And above the meadows shimmeringly
Beckons the pure glow of the old snow.

Hark! I hear a little bell ringing,
The sounds waft hither and thither:
The heart must strive ever higher,
Must fly upward until it reaches God’s heart!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Am Alpensee", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 106
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This text was added to the website: 2017-07-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 76