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Da sitzen wir am grünen Rhein Noch eins so froh beisammen! Wie seine Fluth im Abendschein Die Augen alle flammen! Denn drüben winkt der Mutter Haus Mit trautem Gruß den Söhnen, Da mag wohl zu des Stroms Gebraus Ein freudig Lied ertönen! So lang noch liegt auf seinem Grund Der Hort der Nibelungen, Werd' unter uns in schönem Bund Von ihrem Ruhm gesungen! So lang sein Wein noch mag wie Gold In unserm Becher blinken, Soll Kunst und Wissen traut und hold, Der goldne Schatz, uns winken! So lang er strömt hinab zum Meer, Und fern bespühlt die Dünen, Soll reifen ihre Saat umher, Und neu stets wieder grünen! -- Stoßt an, stoßt an mit hellem Klang, Der Sohn, als wie der Vater, Und weithin schall's den Strom entlang Zum Gruß dir, alma mater!
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 313.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Festkommerslied", appears in Liederbuch, in 5. Vermischte Lieder, no. 338 [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 Bernhard Bogler (1821 - 1902), "Festkommerslied", published 1895 [ ttbb chorus ], in: 12 Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor, Leipzig: Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Kahnt (1836 - 1904) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Celebratory student song", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-21
Line count: 24
Word count: 134
There we sit at the green Rhine, Once more so happily together! Like its waters in the evening glow, So blaze the eyes of us all! For from yonder our mother's house [the university] Waves a familiar greeting to her sons, Then to the roaring of the river A joyful song might well ring out! As long as the Nibelungs’ hoard still lies Upon the river’s bottom May among us, in a beautiful bond, [The university’s] glory be sung! As long as [the Rhine's] wine may still shine Like gold in our goblets May the golden treasure of art and knowledge Beckon to us, familiar and lovely! As long as [the Rhine] shall surge down to the sea, And lap about the distant dunes, [The university’s] sown crops all around shall ripen And burgeon green ever anew! -- Clink goblets, clink with a bright sound, The son like the father, And far along the river let it resound As a greeting to you, alma mater!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Festkommerslied", appears in Liederbuch, in 5. Vermischte Lieder, no. 338
This text was added to the website: 2026-08-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 165