Fisher lad | The longed-for gleam of the evening star

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by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Des Abendsterns ersehnter Schein

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Des Abendsterns ersehnter Schein
Beglänzt den Saum der Flut,
Der Knabe zieht den Kahn herein,
Der still im Hafen ruht.
 
"Mein Tagewerk ist treu vollbracht,
Doch, liebe Seele, sprich,
O sprich, wie soll die lange Nacht
Vergehn mir ohne dich?"
 
Am Ufer steht ein Weidenbaum
Und dran gelehnt ein Stein,
Darunter liegt in schmalem Raum
Ihr kaltes Totenbein.

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Text Authorship:

by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), "Fischerknabe", written 1817, appears in Gedichte, in Romanzen und Jugendlieder, no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Fisher lad

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The longed-for gleam of the evening star
Shines upon the margin of the floodwaters,
The lad pulls in the boat
That lies quietly in the harbour.
 
"My day's work is faithfully completed,
But, dear soul, tell me,
Oh tell me, how shall the long night
Pass for me without you?"
 
On the shore stands a willow tree
And leaning against it a stone,
Below it lie in a narrow space
Her cold dead bones.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), "Fischerknabe", written 1817, appears in Gedichte, in Romanzen und Jugendlieder, no. 4
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