Im [tiefen]1 Walde einsam ruht
Der See mit dämmerblauem Schein.
Es zittert in [die dunkle]2 Fluth
Des Sommers heißer [Mittagschein]3.

Ein Wasserröslein still [erblüht]4
Im See, so einsam, [duftigroth]5,
Ein Schwan so einsam ihn durchzieht
Und singt sein Lied vor seinem Tod!

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Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Haideröslein. Ein Liederstrauß, Würzburg: Leo Wörl'sche Buch-, Kunst- und Verlagshandlung, 1870, pages 60-61.

¹ Curti: "stillen"
² Curti: "der dunklen", but only on the full score, on the vocal score the text is correct.
³ Curti: "Sonnenschein"
⁴ Curti: "verblüht", but only on the full score, on the vocal score the text is correct.
⁵ Curti: "duftig roth"

Text Authorship:

• by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Haideröslein ; Ein Liederstrauß, in 2. Herzensklänge, in Am See, 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 Franz Curti (1854 - 1898), "Am See", op. 6, published 1884 [ mezzo-soprano (or tenor) and violin (or cello or flute) and harp (or piano) ], Dresden, Näumann [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "By the lake", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-03-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 49

Solitary, in the [deep]1 forest, rests
The lake with a twilight-blue glow.
[Into]2 the dark waters trembles
The hot [noon-day radiance]3 of summer.

A little water lily quietly [blooms]4
In the lake, so solitary, red and scented;
So lonely, a swan glides through [the lake]
And sings its song before its death!