The smiling lake invites a swim | The smiling lake invites a swim

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by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)

Translation © by Laura Claycomb, Peter Grunberg

Ein Fischerknabe auf der See

(Sung text for setting by H. Marschner)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG ENG FRE SPA

Es lächelt der See, er ladet zum Bade,
Der Knabe schlief am grünen Gestade,
  Da hört er ein Klingen, 
  Wie Flöten so süß,
  Wie Stimmen der Engel
  Im Paradies.

Und wie er erwachet in seliger Lust,
Da spielen die Wasser ihm um die Brust,
  Und es ruft aus den Tiefen:
  Lieb' Knabe, bist mein!
  Ich locke den Schläfer, 
  Ich zieh ihn hinein.

Composition:

Heinrich August Marschner

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), no title, appears in Wilhelm Tell, Act I, Scene 1, Fischerknabe (singt im Kahn: Melodie des Kuhreihens)

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El noi pescador", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "The lake smiles, so inviting to bathe", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Claycomb) (Peter Grunberg) , "The smiling lake invites a swim", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "The fisherboy", first published 1911
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

The smiling lake invites a swim

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Marschner)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The smiling lake invites a swim;
The boy is falling asleep on the green shore
When he hears a tinkling sound
as sweet as flutes,
Like angels' voices 
in Paradise.

And how he awakens in happy delight
When the waters wash over his chest.
And there's a call from the depths:
Dear boy, you are mine! 
I lure the sleeper, 
I draw him in!

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), no title, appears in Wilhelm Tell, Act I, Scene 1, Fischerknabe (singt im Kahn: Melodie des Kuhreihens)
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This text was added to the website: 2007-10-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 64