Barcarole | Friendly cradle, take my little boat

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by August Schumacher (1790 - 1864)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Nimm du mein Schifflein, freundliche...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Nimm du mein Schifflein, freundliche Wiege,
  Zwischen zwey Himmel rettend mich auf,
Furche die Bläue und es besiege
  Tändelnde Wellen spielend dein Lauf.

Sinket und steiget wechselnden Schlages
  Plätschernde Ruder, hüpfendes Herz!
Ungleiche Kinder selbigen Tages,
  Schenket die Liebe, Freude wie Schmerz.

Günstige Lüfte, treibet nach Morgen,
  Füllet die Segel, kräuselt die Fluth!
Weichet gen Abend, grämliche Sorgen!
  Lächle mir Hoffnung fröhlichen Muth!

Gaukelnde Möven, bunte Libellen,
  Springende Fischlein folget der Fahrt!
Glückliche wollen mir sich gesellen
  Seit ich von Herzen glücklicher ward.

Feiert ihr Ruder, Segel hernieder!
  Lande nur sachte, gleitender Kahn!
Fluthender Spiegel, siehst mich nicht wieder,
  Ebne des Schiffers schwindende Bahn.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von August Schumacher, Arolfen: Speyer'sche Buchhandlung, 1832, page 17.

Text Authorship:

by August Schumacher (1790 - 1864), "Barkerole", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2006-12-11
Line count: 20
Word count: 108

Barcarole

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Friendly cradle, take my little boat,
  Rescue me between two heavens;
Make furrows in the blueness and may the course you travel
  Easily conquer the dallying waves.

Rise and fall in alternating strokes,
  Splashing oars, leaping heart!
Love gives us unequal children 
  On the same day, joy like sorrow!

Favourable winds, blow toward morning,
  Fill the sails, ruffle the waters!
Be off toward evening, morose anxieties!
  Hope, bring me smilingly a happy spirit!

Fluttering seagulls, colourful dragonflies,
  Leaping little fish, follow my journey!
Happy people wish to gather around me
  Since I myself became happier with all my heart.

Rest, ye oars, down with the sails!
  Be sure to land gently, floating boat!
Mirror on the water, you shall not see me again,
  Smooth the boatman's vanishing pathway.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by August Schumacher (1790 - 1864), "Barkerole", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder
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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-11
Line count: 20
Word count: 133