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Schweigsam treibt mein morscher Einbaum, Klar und ruhig wogt der See, Purpurwarme Abendschatten Färben der Gebirge Schnee. Eines Eilands Klosterhallen Dämmern aus der Flut empor, Münsterglocken hör' ich schallen Und der Schwestern frommen Chor: Sempiterni fons amoris Consulatrix tristium Pia mater Salvatoris Have, virgo, virginum. Summend, singend, rein verklingend, Süß ersterbend kommt der Ton, Luft und Welle führen schwingend Seinen letzten Hauch davon. Und die Rechte senkt das Ruder, Im Gebet erschweigt das Herz Und mir ist, als trügen Engel Eine Seele himmelwärts!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Joseph Victor Scheffel, Frau Aventiure. Lieder aus Heinrich von Ofterdingen's Zeit, zweite Auflage, Stuttgart: Verlag der J.B. Metzler'schen Buchhandlung, 1869, pages 187-188.
See also Zerlett's Ave Maria, which begins "Einsam treibt mein morscher Einbaum".
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), no title, appears in Frau Aventiure. Lieder aus Heinrich von Ofterdingens Zeit, in Heinrich von Ofterdingen, in Am Traunsee, no. 2 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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Silently my rotten dugout boat is drifting, The lake surges clearly and quietly, Crimson-warm evening shadows Are colouring the snow on the mountains. The halls of an island cloister Rise dimly from the waters, I hear the priory bells ringing And the devout choir of the sisters: Everlasting fountain of love, Consoler of those who are sad, Loving Mother of the Saviour, Hail, Virgin of all virgins. Humming, singing, fading away purely, Sweetly dying away, the sound comes; Vibrating, the breeze and the wave carry Away the last breath of the sound. And my right hand lets the oar sink, My heart falls silent in prayer, And it seems to me as if angels Were carrying a soul heavenward!
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"Abendfeier" = "Evening celebration"
"Am Traunsee" = "At Lake Traun"
"Auf dem See" = "Upon the lake"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), no title, appears in Frau Aventiure. Lieder aus Heinrich von Ofterdingens Zeit, in Heinrich von Ofterdingen, in Am Traunsee, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2021-09-23
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Word count: 121