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by Adolf Böttger (1815 - 1870)

Gondellied
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Vom Ruder tropft der Silberschaum,
Die Gondel schaukelt her und hin 
Und d'rin in süßem Sommertraum,
Wiegst Du Dich, leichte Schifferin, 
So ganz allein so ganz allein? --
Die Wog' ist falsch, o nimm mich ein,
Nicht kos' ich wie die Fluth mit Dir,
Bin ein getreuer Gondolier!

Es küßt den vollen, rothen Mund 
Leichtsinnig Dir der Mond so bleich,
Du blickst hinab zum Meeresgrund;
Macht Dir das kleine Herzchen weich
Sein kalter Schein, sein kalter Schein? --
Der Mond ist falsch, o nimm mich ein, 
Nicht kos' ich wie der Mond mit dir,
Bin ein getreuer Gondolier.

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Confirmed with Meyer's Groschen-Bibliothek der Deutschen Classiker für alle Stände, Einhundertzweiundneunzigstes Bändchen, Anthologie aus den Gedichten von Adolf Böttger, Hildburghausen: Druck vom Bibliographischen Institut; New York: Herrmann J. Meyer, [1870], pages 11-12.

Note: The published poem contained an error in line 3 ("Sommetrraum" instead of "Sommertraum"); it has been corrected above.


Text Authorship:

  • by Adolf Böttger (1815 - 1870), "Gondellied" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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