Das Schiffermädchen

Schwebe mein tanzender Kahn!
Sieh! in dem Spiegel
schatten sich Hügel,
über sie schwebe mein Kahn.

Eile zum Liebenden hin!
Hurtig und munter
gleite hinunter,
leicht wie mein fröhlicher Sinn.

Über mir wallet der Mond
freundlich und helle
schneid' ich die Welle,
leuchte mir schweigender Mond.

Ob mir ein Sternengestrick,
welch ein Gewimmel!
bis in den Himmel
dringet mein ahnender Blick.

Submitted by Harry Joelson

Authorship

• by Agnes Emerita Gyr (b. 1787), "Das Schiffermädchen" [ 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 Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784 - 1859), "Das Schiffermädchen", op. 25 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 6 (1809). [
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