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by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909)

Am Strande
 (Sung text for setting by A. Berg)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG NOR
Ich saß am Strand und hub an, dem Meer
Von deiner Schönheit zu singen,
Da lauschte der Wogen unendliches Heer,
Sie schwollen und stiegen und stürmten daher,
Als wollten das Land sie verschlingen.

Doch als ich den schäumenden Wogen erzählt,
Von deiner Falschheit und Tücke,
Die all mir dein lächelnder Zauber verhehlt,
Und wie du mein Herz dann zu Tode gequält --
Da wallten sie staunend zurück.

Composition:

    Set to music by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Am Strande", 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 44

Text Authorship:

  • by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909), "Am Strande", appears in Gedichte von Georg Scherer, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "A la platja", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At the shore", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "På stranden", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Virginia Knight , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 68

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