Im tiefen Walde einsam ruht

Im [tiefen]1 Walde einsam ruht
Der See mit dämmerblauem Schein.
Es zittert in [die dunkle]2 Fluth
Des Sommers heißer [Mittagschein]3.

Ein Wasserröslein still [erblüht]4
Im See, so einsam, [duftigroth]5,
Ein Schwan so einsam ihn durchzieht
Und singt sein Lied vor seinem Tod!

Translation(s): ENG

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Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Haideröslein. Ein Liederstrauß, Würzburg: Leo Wörl'sche Buch-, Kunst- und Verlagshandlung, 1870, pages 60-61.

Authorship

• by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Haideröslein ; Ein Liederstrauß, in 2. Herzensklänge, in Am See, no. 1 [ author's text checked 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 Franz Curti (1854 - 1898), "Am See", op. 6, published 1884 [mezzo-soprano (or tenor) and violin (or cello or flute) and harp (or piano)], Dresden, Näumann [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "By the lake", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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