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by Ernst Wolfgang Behrisch (1738 - 1809)

Auf der Liebe dunklem Meere
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Auf der Liebe dunklem Meere 
Wogte hin und her mein Kahn, 
Und wo Land zu finden wäre, 
Zeigte kein Magnet mir an. 

Einen Stern nur konnt ich sehen, 
O wie lieblich war sein Licht. 
Meinen Lauf nach ihm zu drehen, 
Wich von ihm mein Auge nicht.  

[Eine Wolke dicht und feuchte 
deckt nun seiner Strahlen Gluth.  
Himmel, du bist ohne Leuchte, 
Und mein Herz ist ohne Muth.]1

[Schön Gestirn, o glänze wieder.  
Geh' mit klarem Lichte auf!  
Blicke tröstend auf mich nieder, 
Lenke glücklich meinen Lauf.]2

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Sterkel 

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Confirmed with Zeitung für die elegante Welt, no. 57; Dienstag, 12 Mai 1801, in Berlin, as an insert printed between pages 464 and 465 of music - the Theme from the "Theme and Variations" composed as the second movement of Joseph Wölfl's Piano Sonata, Op. 6 no. 2. The piano music had been published in 1799 in Augsburg by Gombert &. Co., and can be viewed (piano solo only) at Petrucci Music Library. It is titled "Romanze nach dem Don Quixote".

The poem also appears in Deutsches Liederlexicon, ed. by August Härtel, Philipp Reclam Jr., 1865, Song no. 83, page 57, under the title "Meerfahrt", with changes described in the footnotes below for DL.

1 DL:
Eine Wolke, dicht und trübe, 
Deckt der Sterne Strahlengluth; 
Ich bin ohne Trost und Liebe, 
Und mein Herz ist ohne Muth.
2 DL, Sterkel:
Schöner Stern, erscheine wieder,
Einz'ger Stern in seiner Art!
Blicke tröstend auf mich nieder,
Leite glücklich meine Fahrt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ernst Wolfgang Behrisch (1738 - 1809) [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 Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750 - 1817), "Reise nach der Geliebten" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder mit Begleitung des Piano Forte, 8. Sammlung, no. 5, Theob. Senefelder, München [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Józef Wielhorski (1816 - 1892), "Meerfahrt" [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2016-02-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 88

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