Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut

Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut,
heftig angetrieben;
wer da nicht zu seufzen weiß,
lernt es unterm Lieben.

Translation(s): CAT CHI DUT DUT ENG FIN FRE ITA

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Authorship

• by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875) [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

• a text in Unknown Language by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist, a "Russian-Polish" dance song [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut", op. 52 no. 2 (1869), from Liebesliederwalzer, no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Anton Rückauf (1855 - 1903), "Am Gesteine rauscht die Fluth", op. 8 (Russische Volkspoësien für gemischten Chor mit vierhändiger Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1888 [SSATTBB chorus and piano four-hands], Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text not verified ]

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

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Against the stones the stream rushes", copyright ©
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pauline Kroger) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• CHI Chinese (汉语 / 漢語) (Wilbur Lin) , title 1: "溪流沖刷著石頭", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Le flot se jette contre les rochers", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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