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Schwelle die Segel, günstiger Wind! Trage mein Schiff an das Ufer der Ferne; Scheiden muß ich, so scheid' ich gerne, Schwelle die Segel, günstiger Wind! Schwelle die Segel, günstiger Wind! Daß ich den Boden, den heimischen schaue, Fahre du wohl, Helvetiens Aue, Schwelle die Segel, günstiger Wind! Schwelle die Segel, günstiger Wind! Wenn ich auch hier in Entzücken verweile, Drüben knüpfen mich liebende Seile, Schwelle die Segel, günstiger Wind!
F. Kiel sets stanzas 1, 3
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Text Authorship:
- by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, appears in Am Bodensee, no. 1 [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 Friedrich Kiel (1821 - 1885), "Am Bodensee", op. 31, Heft 2 no. 10, published 1874, stanzas 1,3 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis. Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 10, Berlin : Bote & Bock; reprinted in 1997 by Verlag Dohr, Köln. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Am Bodensee I", op. 59, Heft 1 no. 2 (1846), published 1848 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Vier Gesänge für gemischten Chor, no. 2, Leipzig, Whistling
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan het Bodenmeer I (Bol maar de zeilen, gunstige wind!)", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At Lake Constance I", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Dr. Gerrit den Hartogh
This text was added to the website: 2004-06-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 69
Bol maar de zeilen, gunstige wind! Laat vlug mijn schip naar die oever toe varen, Scheiden moet ik, toch scheid ik gaarne. Bol maar de zeilen, gunstige wind! Bol maar de zeilen, gunstige wind! Laat mij mijn thuisland, vertrouwd zo, aanschouwen, 'k Wens je 'Vaarwel', mijn Zwitserse gouwen. Bol maar de zeilen, gunstige wind! Bol maar de zeilen, gunstige wind! Ook al verblijf ik dolgraag hier te lande, Ginds heen1 trekken mij dierbare banden. Bol maar de zeilen, gunstige wind!
1 Eigenlijk, met verwijzing naar het noorden (Duitsland): boven
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, appears in Am Bodensee, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2012-10-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 81