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Was spähest du nach der Angel

Set by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), no title, op. 116 no. 3 (1851), published 1853 [ soli, chorus and orchestra ], from Der Königssohn, no. 3, Leipzig, Whistling [Sung Text]

Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.

Translations available : ENG FRE 


Fischer
 Was spähest du nach der Angel
 Von Morgen bist zur Nacht,
 Und hast mit aller Mühe doch
 Kein Fischlein aufgebracht?

Jüngling
 Ich angle nicht nach Fischen,
 Ich sah in Meeresschacht,
 Wohl jeder Angel allzu tief,
 Viel königliche Pracht.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), no title, appears in Der Königssohn, no. 4

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The fisherman", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]



Wie schreitet königlich der Leu!
Schüttelt die Mähn in die Lüfte.
Er ruft sein Machtgebot
Durch Wälder und Klüfte.

Doch werd ich ihn stürzen
Mit dem Speer in starker Hand,
Um die Schultern mir schürzen
Sein Goldgewand.

Der Aar, ein König, schwebet auf,
Er rauschet in Wonne,
Will langen sich zur Kron herab
Die goldne Sonne.

Doch in den Wolken hoch
Soll ihn fah'n und spießen
Mein geflügelter Pfeil,
Daß er mir sinke zu Füßen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), no title, appears in Der Königssohn, no. 5

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]


Author(s): Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)
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