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Ich saß am Strand und hub an, dem Meer Von deiner Schönheit zu singen, Da lauschte der Wogen unendliches Heer, Sie schwollen und stiegen und stürmten daher, Als wollten das Land sie verschlingen. Doch als ich den schäumenden Wogen erzählt, Von deiner Falschheit und Tücke, Die all mir dein lächelnder Zauber verhehlt, Und wie du mein Herz dann zu Tode gequält -- Da wallten sie staunend [zurücke]1.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Georg Scherer, vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Berlin, Wien: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1894, page 75
1 Berg: "zurück"Text Authorship:
- by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909), "Am Strande", appears in Gedichte von Georg Scherer, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Am Strande", 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 44 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alphonse Maurice (1856 - 1905), "Am Strande", op. 36 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Am Strande", op. 115 (Zehn Lieder) no. 3 (1890), published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "A la platja", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At the shore", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "På stranden", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Virginia Knight , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 68
Jeg satt på stranden og begynte å synge til havet om din skjønnhet, der lyttet bølgenes uendelige hær, og derfor svulmet og steg og stormet de, som om de ville sluke landet. Men da jeg fortalte de frådende bølgene om din falskhet og ondskap, som holdtes skjult for meg av din smilende sjarm, og hvordan du slik kvalte mitt hjerte til døde: Da trakk de seg forbauset tilbake.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Norwegian (Bokmål) copyright © 2012 by Marianne Beate Kielland, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909), "Am Strande", appears in Gedichte von Georg Scherer, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder
This text was added to the website: 2012-02-23
Line count: 10
Word count: 68