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Ans Haff nun fliegt die Möwe, Und Dämmerung bricht herein; Über die feuchten Watten Spiegelt der Abendschein. Graues Geflügel huschet Neben dem Wasser her; Wie Träume liegen die Inseln Im Nebel auf dem Meer. Ich höre des gärenden Schlammes Geheimnisvollen Ton, Einsames Vogelrufen - So war es immer schon. Noch einmal schauert leise Und schweiget dann der Wind; Vernehmlich werden die Stimmen, Die über der Tiefe sind.
Text Authorship:
- by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), "Meeresstrand" [author's text not yet checked 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 Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), "Meeresstrand", op. 57 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder von Theodor Storm für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 3, Wien, Rörich [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Christian Détlefsen (b. 1951), "Meeresstrand", from Fünf Gedichte von Theodor Storm, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Friedrichs , "Meeresstrand", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Schuberth jun. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bertold Hummel (1925 - 2002), "Meeresstrand", op. 71b no. 3, from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Theodor Storm, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Seashore", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Bord de mer", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-04-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 66
Toward ponds now fly the seagulls and twilight sets the sight; above the muddy shallows abides the evening light. The hoary water-fowl scurry along the water's seam; the islands on the ocean lie misty in a dream. I hear mysterious sonance of slowly fermenting morass, a lonely bird is calling - forever it was thus. A final, quiet quiver, then goes the wind to sleep, and clear become the voices that hover o'er the deep.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Walter A. Aue, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), "Meeresstrand"
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 74