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Wir saßen am Fischerhause, Und schauten nach der See; Die Abendnebel kamen, Und stiegen in die Höh'. Im Leuchtturm wurden die Lichter Allmählich angesteckt, Und in der weiten Ferne Ward noch ein Schiff entdeckt. Wir sprachen von Sturm und Schiffbruch, Vom Seemann, und wie er lebt, Und zwischen Himmel und Wasser, Und Angst und Freude schwebt. Wir sprachen von fernen Küsten, Vom Süden und vom Nord, Und von den seltsamen Menschen Und seltsamen Sitten dort. Am Ganges duftet's und leuchtet's, Und Riesenbäume blühn, Und schöne, stille Menschen Vor Lotosblumen knien. In Lappland sind schmutzige Leute, Plattköpfig, breitmäulig, klein; Sie kauern ums Feuer und backen Sich Fische, und quäken und schrein. Die Mädchen horchten ernsthaft, Und endlich sprach niemand mehr; Das Schiff war nicht mehr sichtbar, Es dunkelte gar zu sehr.
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Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 7 [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 Christian Bruhn (b. 1934), "Wir saßen am Fischerhaus" [ voice and orchestra ], from Heine-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "Am Leuchtturm", op. 60 (Drei Heine-Lieder) no. 2 (1929), published 1933 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Am Fischerhause", published c2004 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Reisenauer (1863 - 1907), "Wir saßen am Fischerhause", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Abends am Strand", op. 45 (Romanzen und Balladen für Singstimme und Klavier (Heft 1)) no. 3 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Am Meere", op. 22 (Abendbilder : Gedichte aus Heine's "Reisebildern") no. 2, published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Maurice Dufresne (d. 1953) ; composed by Tibor Harsányi.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "'s Avonds aan het strand", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "We sat at the fisherman's house", copyright ©
- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Presso la casa del pescatore", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 28
Word count: 130
We sat at the fisherman's house, and gazed out at the sea; the evening mists arrived, and climbed into the heights. At the lighthouse the lights were gradually lit, and in the far-off distance was discovered yet another ship. We spoke of storms and shipwrecks, of the seaman and how he lives, and of hovering between sky and water, between fear and joy. We spoke of far-off coasts, of the South and of the North, and of the odd people and odd customs there. At the Ganges, it is fragrant and shimmering: and giant trees bloom there, and fair, quiet people kneel before lotus flowers. In Lapland there are dirty people, flat-headed, broad-mouthed, small; they crouch around the fire and bake fish, and squeak and scream. The maidens listened earnestly, and finally no one spoke any more; The ship was no longer visible, for it was now much too dark.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 7
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 151