Im Wasser wogt die Lilie, die blanke, hin und her!
Doch irrst du, Freund, sobald du sagst, sie schwanke hin und her!
Es wurzelt ja so fest ihr Fuß im tiefen 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.

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

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