Im Spätboot

Aus der Schiffsbank mach ich meinen Pfühl.
Endlich wird die heiße Stirne kühl!
O wie suß erkaltet mir das Herz!
O wie weich verstummen Lust und Schmerz!
Über mir des Rohres schwarzer Rauch
Wiegt und biegt sich in des Windes Hauch.
Hüben hier und wieder drüben dort
Hält das Boot an manchem kleinen Port:
Bei der Schiffslaterne kargem Schein
Steigt ein Schatten aus und niemand ein.
Nur der Steurer noch, der wacht und steht!
Nur der Wind, der mir im Haare weht!
Schmerz und Lust erleiden sanften Tod.
Einen Schlummrer trägt das dunkle Boot.

Translation(s): DUT ENG FRE ITA

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Authorship

• by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898) [ author's text not yet checked 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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Im Spätboot", op. 56 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Im Spätboot", op. 16 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4 (1903/5). [voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]

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

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "In de laatste boot", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "In the last boat", copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Nicolas Certenais) , "Dans le Bateau tardif", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Nella barca della sera", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

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Nella barca della sera

Del sedile della barca faccio il mio giaciglio.
Alla fine si rinfrescherà la fronte ardente!
Con quanta dolcezza mi si rinfresca il cuore!
Con quale soavità tacciono gioia e dolore!
Su di me il fumo nero dei camini
si culla e si piega al soffio del vento.
Andando di qua e di là, senza meta,
si ferma la barca in qualche piccolo porto:
alla luce incerta del faro si vede un'ombra
- ma non è nessuno.
Solo il timoniere ancora, che sta sveglio!
Solo il vento, che mi soffia nei capelli!
Dolore e gioia sopportano una dolce morte.
Un dormiente è trasportato nella nera barca.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898) DUT ENG FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Richard Georg Strauss, Julius Weismann. Go to the text.

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