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Das Fischergewerbe
Giebt rüstigen Muth!
Wir haben zum Erbe
Die Güter der Fluth.
Wir graben nicht Schätze,
Wir pflügen kein Feld;
Wir erndten im Netze,
Wir angeln uns Geld.
Wir heben die Reusen
Den Schilfbach entlang,
Und ruhn bei den Schleusen,
Zu sondern den Fang.
Goldweiden beschatten
Das moosige Dach;
Wir schlummern auf Matten
Im kühlen Gemach.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
Note: the text was first published in Musen-Almanach für 1792. Herausgegeben von Joh. Heinr. Voß. Hamburg, bey C. E. Bohn, pages 96-99.
Note: Schubert (in his first setting, D. 351) terminates each stanza with the refrain "Tra la la la la la, tra la la la la".
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Fischerlied", D 364 (1816?), published 1897, stanzas 1-2 [ ttbb quartet ], second setting
Score: IMSLP [external link]
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Fischerlied", written 1791, first published 1792
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Visserslied", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright ©
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'activité du pêcheur", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Richard Morris , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
Line count: 64
Word count: 243
The fishing business
Keeps you active and courageous!
As our inheritance we have
The goods of the flood.
We do not dig for treasures,
We do not plough any fields;
We harvest in nets,
We angle for our money.
We pull up the fish traps
Along the stream with reeds growing in it,
And sit by the locks
To sort the catch.
Golden willows shade
The moss-covered roof;
We sleep on mats
In a cool apartment.
...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 by Malcolm Wren, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Fischerlied", written 1791, first published 1792
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This text was added to the website: 2017-07-15
Line count: 64
Word count: 312