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by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Am schönen Ostseeufer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Am schönen Ostseeufer
Nun einsam sitz ich hier,
Die lieben Wellen flüstern,
Sie flüstern mir von dir,
 
Von deiner süßen Stimme,
Von deinem süßern Kuß
Und aus der Ferne bringen
Sie mir der Liebe Gruß.
 
Noch aber drüben, wandelt's
Wie Stimmen und Gesang,
Und süßer Schauer wallet
Den stillen Strand entlang.

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• G. Jenner

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Confirmed with Klaus Groth's Gesammelte Werke, Vierter Band, Plattdeutsche Erzählungen - Hochdeutsche Gedichte, Kiel und Leipzig: Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, 1893, page 257.

Text Authorship:

by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, written 1859, appears in Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, in An meine Frau [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 schönen Ostseeufer", op. 2 (Acht Lieder von Klaus Groth für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 5, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At the beautiful shore of the Baltic", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au bord de la belle mer Baltique", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-12
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Word count: 52

At the beautiful shore of the Baltic

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

At the beautiful shore of the Baltic
I now sit here in solitude,
The dear waves whisper,
They whisper to me of you.

They whisper of your sweet voice,
Of your even sweeter kiss
And from the distance they bring
Love's greeting to me.

Still, however, something is moving
Like voices and song,
And a sweet frisson passes
Along the silent shore.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, written 1859, appears in Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, in An meine Frau
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This text was added to the website: 2024-03-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 63