Am Flusse

Verfließet, vielgeliebte Lieder,
Zum Meere der Vergessenheit!
Kein [Knabe]1 sing' entzückt euch wieder,
Kein [Mädchen]2 in der Blütenzeit.

Ihr sanget nur [von]3 meiner Lieben;
Nun spricht sie meiner Treue Hohn.
Ihr wart ins Wasser eingeschrieben;
So fließt denn auch mit ihm davon.

Translation(s): CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 68, and with Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1799, herausgegeben von Schiller. Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaischen Buchhandlung, page 231.

First published 1799 in Schiller's Musen-Almanach with the title "An meine Lieder" and with "Justus Amman" as the author's name.

Authorship

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Am Flusse", written 1768-9, first published 1799 [ author's text verified 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Catharina Baum (d. 1876), "Am Flusse", published 1877 [voice and piano], from Fünf deutsche Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Bote & Bock [ sung text not verified ]
• by Franciscus (or Franz) Wilhelmus Bouman (1866 - 1896), "Am Flusse", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1890 [voice and piano], Rotterdam, Alsbach & Co. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Hugo Dakon , "Am Flusse", published 1877 [voice and piano], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Paez [ sung text not verified ]
• by Georg Gerson (1790 - 1825), "Am Flusse", G. 114 (1817), stanza 1. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791 - 1874), "Am Flusse", published c1830, from Sechs Lieder von Goethe, no. 4. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Am Flusse", op. 22 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 6, published 1835 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Breitkopf et Härtel [ sung text not verified ]
• by Carl August Heymann-Rheineck (1854 - 1922), "Am Flusse", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1882 [voice and piano], Berlin, Schlesinger [ sung text not verified ]
• by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "Am Flusse", op. 81 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1887. [voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Am Flusse", 1904. [voice, lute, and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Am Flusse", published 1809. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Am Flusse", D. 160 (1815), published 1894. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Am Flusse", D. 766 (1822), published 1872. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Walter Schulthess (1894 - 1971), "Am Flusse" [ sung text not verified ]
• by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Am Flusse", op. 55 (Gedichte von Goethe: III) no. 3 (1815?) [ sung text not verified ]
• by Eugen de Westh , "Am Flusse", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 1, published 1874 [voice and piano], Dresden, Hoffarth [ sung text not verified ]

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

• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "By the river", copyright ©
• ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , title 1: "By the river", published 1853
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Au bord du fleuve", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Sul fiume", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Bij de rivier", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , title 1: "Al riu", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

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By the river

Flow away, well-loved songs,
To the ocean of forgetfulness!
No lad will delightedly sing you again,
Nor any maiden in the time of blossoms.

You sang only of my love;
Now she speaks scornfully of my faith.
You were written in water;
So flow then with water away.

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• Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Am Flusse", written 1768-9, first published 1799 CAT DUT FRE ITA
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Catharina Baum, Franciscus Wilhelmus Bouman, Hugo Dakon, Georg Gerson, Friedrich Wilhelm Grund, Moritz Hauptmann, Carl August Heymann-Rheineck, Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner, Arnold Mendelssohn, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Franz Peter Schubert, Walter Schulthess, Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek, Eugen de Westh. Go to the text.

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