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by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890)

Schifferlied
 (Sung text for setting by C. Sinding)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Schon hat die Nacht den Silberschein
Des Himmels aufgetan;
Nun spült der See den Wiederschein
Zu dir, zu dir hinan!

Und in dem Glanze schaukelt sich
Ein leichter dunkler Kahn;
Der aber trägt und schaukelt mich
Zu dir, zu dir hinan!

Ich höre schon den Brunnen gehn
Dem Pförtlein nebenan,
Und dieses hat ein gütig Wehn
Von Osten aufgetan.

Das Sternlein schießt, vom Baume fällt
Das Blust in meinen Kahn;
Nach Liebe dürstet alle Welt,
Nun, Schifflein, leg' dich an!

Composition:

    Set to music by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Schifferlied", op. 11 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1 (1888) [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), "Schifferliedchen", appears in Gesammelte Gedichte, in Buch der Natur, in Drei Ständchen, no. 3

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

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