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Fischer: Versunken, wehe, Mast und Kiel! Der Schiffer Ruf verschollen! Doch sieh, wer schwimmet dort herbei, Um den die Wogen rollen? Er schlägt mit starkem Arm die Flut Und fürchtet die Wellen wenig, Trägt hoch das Haupt mit goldner Kron, Er dünkt mir wohl ein König. Jüngling: Ein Königssohn, mir aber ist Die Heimat längst verloren. Erst hat die schwache Mutter mich, Die irdische, geboren, Doch nun gebar die zweite Mutter, Das starke Meer, mich wieder. In Riesenarmen wiegte sie Mich selbst und meine Brüder. Die andern all ertrugen's nicht, Mich brachte sie hier zum Strande. Zum Reiche wohl erkor sie mir All diese weiten Lande.
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), no title, appears in Der Königssohn, no. 3 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), no title, op. 116 no. 2 (1851), published 1853 [ soli, chorus and orchestra ], from Der Königssohn, no. 2, Leipzig, Whistling
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , 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
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-18
Line count: 22
Word count: 106
Fisherman: Sunk, alas, mast and keel! The cries of the ship's crew have died away! But see, who is swimming toward us there, About whom the waves roll? With strong arms he parts the flood And has little fear of the waves, His head with a golden crown he carries high, It seems to me he is a king. Youth: A king's son, but I have long since Lost my homeland. First my weak mother, The earthly one, bore me. But now by a second mother, The powerful sea, I was born a second time. In giant arms she rocked Me and my brethren. The others all could not bear it, Me she brought here to the shore. It must mean that as a kingdom she has chosen For me all these wide lands.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), no title, appears in Der Königssohn, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2015-06-03
Line count: 22
Word count: 134