Am Ufer | Die Welt verstummt, dein Blut erklingt

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Am Ufer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA SPA

Die Welt verstummt, dein Blut erklingt;
    in seinen hellen Abgrund sinkt
            der ferne Tag,

er schaudert nicht; die Glut umschlingt
    das höchste Land, im Meere ringt
            die ferne Nacht,

sie zaudert nicht; der Flut entspringt
    ein Sternchen, deine Seele trinkt
            das ewige Licht.

Confirmed with Weib und Welt. Gedichte von Richard Dehmel mit einem Sinnbild, Berlin: Verlag von Schuster u. Loeffler, 1896, page 25

Note: in stanza 2, line 2, word 4 is "um" in Štěpán's score, probably a misprint.

Text Authorship:

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Am Ufer", appears in Weib und Welt, first published 1896 [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 Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879 - 1953), "Am Ufer", op. 21 (5 Lieder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Conrad Ramrath (1880 - 1972), "Am Ufer", op. 10 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, published 1910 [sung text not yet checked]
by Josef Antonín Štěpán (1726 - 1797), "Am Ufer", op. 7 no. 4 [ low voice and piano ], from April samt Mai, fünf Lieder für tiefere Stimme = Duben i Maj, pět písní pro nižší hlas, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Am Ufer", op. 41 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 (1899), published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text checked 1 time]
by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Am Ufer", op. 95 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Am Ufer", 1908, from Fünf Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CZE Czech (Čeština) [singable] (Marie Fantová) , "Na břehu"

Research team for this page: Jeroen Scholten , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 43