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Durch die Bäume rinnt der Regen, Rinnt vom dunkeln Uferrand. Matte Lüfte kaum bewegen Das verwelkte Schilf am Strand. Keine Welle mag sich wühlen Aus dem weiten stummen Grab, Mit der Weide Haar zu spielen, Die sich thränend beugt hinab. Nur wenn manchmal mit Gestöhne Rasch ein Windstoß [frägt]1 vorbei Nach des See's verlorner Schöne, Und der Nixe Melodei, -- [Schmerzlich]2 leis ein Zucken gehet Dann den stillen See [hinauf]3, Und des Nebels Bahrtuch wehet Ängstlich an den Bäumen auf.
Confirmed with C. Reinhold, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Carl Mäcken, 1853, page 61.
1 Jenner: "fägt [sic]"2 Jenner: "Plötzlich"
3 Jenner: "hinab"
Text Authorship:
- by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Am See", written <<1836, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Am See", 1889 [ voice and piano ], unpublished; manuscript at the Hessisches Musikarchiv [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At the lake", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 83
The rain trickles through the trees, Trickles from the dark edge of the shore. Tired breezes barely move The wilted reeds at the shoreline. No wave is able to emerge From the wide, mute grave, In order to play with the hair of the willow That inclines itself, with tears. Only when occasionally, with moaning, A gust of wind swiftly [passes, asking]1 After the lost beauty of the lake, And the melody of the water nymph, -- [With pain]2 a quiet tremor passes Then [up]3 the quiet lake, And the pall of the fog wafts Anxiously up the trees.
1 Jenner: "sweeps past"
2 Jenner: "Suddenly"
3 Jenner: "down"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Am See", written <<1836, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 101