by Christoph August Tiedge (1752 - 1841)
Translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
Die Welle
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wohin, du trübe Welle? Wohin mit solcher Schnelle, Als trügst du einen Raub? Ich bin des Lebens Welle, Befleckt mit Uferstaub; Ich eil' aus den Gewühlen Des engen Stromes weit, Zu Meer - Unendlichkeit, Um ab von mir zu spülen Den Uferschlamm der Zeit.
Confirmed with Elegein und vermischte Gedichte von C. A. Tiedge, Wien und Prague: bey Haas, 1813, Erster Band, page 145.
Text Authorship:
- by Christoph August Tiedge (1752 - 1841), "Die Welle", appears in Elegien und vermischte Gedichte, in 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):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882) , "The wave", appears in Voices of the Night, first published 1839 ; composed by Rosa Guerini née Wilberforce, The Countess of Munster, Edward Oswald Schaaf.
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Word count: 43
The wave
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
"Whither, thou turbid wave? Whither, with so much haste, As if a thief wert thou?" "I am the Wave of Life, Stained with my margin's dust; From the struggle and the strife Of the narrow stream I fly To the Sea's immensity, To wash from me the slime Of the muddy banks of Time."
Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "The wave", appears in Voices of the Night, first published 1839 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christoph August Tiedge (1752 - 1841), "Die Welle", appears in Elegien und vermischte Gedichte, in Vermischte Gedichte
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Rosa Guerini née Wilberforce , "The wave", op. 9 (Six songs) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelmina Fitzclarence, Countess of Munster (1830 - 1906), "The wave" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Oswald Schaaf (1869 - 1939), "The wave", op. 3, published 1902, from German and English Poems in Song, volume 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-24
Line count: 10
Word count: 54