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by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835)

Des Abendsterns ersehnter Schein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Des Abendsterns ersehnter Schein
Beglänzt den Saum der Flut,
Der Knabe zieht den Kahn herein,
Der still im Hafen ruht.
 
"Mein Tagewerk ist treu vollbracht,
Doch, liebe Seele, sprich,
O sprich, wie soll die lange Nacht
Vergehn mir ohne dich?"
 
Am Ufer steht ein Weidenbaum
Und dran gelehnt ein Stein,
Darunter liegt in schmalem Raum
Ihr kaltes Totenbein.

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•   N. Burgmüller •   J. Lang 

J. Lang sets stanza 1

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Text Authorship:

  • by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), "Fischerknabe", written 1817, appears in Gedichte, in Romanzen und Jugendlieder, no. 4 [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 (August Joseph) Norbert Burgmüller (1810 - 1836), "Fischerknabe", op. 3 (Sechs Gesänge von Uhland, Goethe, Heine, Platen) no. 5 (1827-36?), published 1838 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Friedrich von Kerstorf , "Fischerknabe ", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf deutsche Lieder, für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Des Abendsterns ersehnter Schein", stanza 1 [ voice and piano ], unpublished, undated, incomplete [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Leo Schrattenholz , "Fischerknabe", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Julius August) Philipp Spitta (1841 - 1894), "Fischerknabe", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Fisher lad", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Claus-Christian Schuster [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

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