At the lake | The rain trickles through the trees

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by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Am See

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Durch die Bäume rinnt der Regen,
Rinnt vom dunkeln Uferrand.
Matte Lüfte kaum bewegen
Das verwelkte Schilf am Strand.
Keine Welle mag sich wühlen
Aus dem weiten stummen Grab,
Mit der Weide Haar zu spielen,
Die sich thränend beugt hinab.
 
  Nur wenn manchmal mit Gestöhne
Rasch ein Windstoß frägt vorbei
Nach des See's verlorner Schöne,
Und der Nixe Melodei, --
Schmerzlich leis ein Zucken gehet
Dann den stillen See hinauf,
Und des Nebels Bahrtuch wehet
Ängstlich an den Bäumen auf.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• G. Jenner

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Confirmed with C. Reinhold, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Carl Mäcken, 1853, page 61.

Text Authorship:

by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Am See", written <<1836, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte [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by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Am See", 1889 [ voice and piano ], unpublished; manuscript at the Hessisches Musikarchiv [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At the lake", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2016-01-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

At the lake

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The rain trickles through the trees,
Trickles from the dark edge of the shore.
Tired breezes barely move
The wilted reeds at the shoreline.
No wave is able to emerge
From the wide, mute grave,
In order to play with the hair of the willow
That inclines itself, with tears.
 
  Only when occasionally, with moaning,
A gust of wind swiftly passes, asking
After the lost beauty of the lake,
And the melody of the water nymph, --
With pain a quiet tremor passes
Then up the quiet lake,
And the pall of the fog wafts
Anxiously up the trees.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Am See", written <<1836, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2016-01-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 101