Im Wasser wogt die Lilie, die [blanke]1, hin und her!
Doch irrst du, Freund, sobald du sagst, sie schwanke hin und her!
Es wurzelt ja so fest ihr Fuß [im tiefen]2 Meeresgrund.
Ihr Haupt nur wiegt ein lieblicher Gedanke hin und her!

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Confirmed with Neue Ghaselen von August Graf von Platen, Erlangen: 'gedruckt mit Junge'schen Schriften', 1823, page 55.

¹ Lang: "schlanke"
² Lang: "auf tiefem"

Text Authorship:

• by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, appears in Neue Ghaselen [author's text checked 2 times 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 Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Im Wasser wogt die Lilie", op. 17 (Fünf Gesänge für drei Frauenstimme) no. 2, published 1892 [ vocal trio for female voices or three-part women's chorus with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich von Kerstorf , "Ghasele", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf deutsche Lieder, für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
  note: Hofmeister gives the incipit as "Im Wasser wogt diie [sic] Liebe [sic]." The Breitkopf & Härtel catalogue of 1898, however, has the correct incipit ("Im Wasser wogt die Lilie").
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• by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Im Wasser wogt die Lilie", op. 40 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 3 (1865), published 1867 [ medium voice and piano ], Stuttgart: Theodor Stürmer [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Elisabeth Charlotta Henrietta Ernestina Sonntag (1866 - 1950), "Ghasele", published 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs, no. 2, as Else Headlam-Morley ; J. B. Cramer & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The lily undulates in the water", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , no title, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2006-12-13
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