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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 fisherman's trade
Gives one sprightly courage!
We have as our inheritance
The goods of the tide.
We dig not for treasure,
We plough no fields;
We harvest with nets,
We fish for our gold.
We lift the rushes
Along the reedbank.
And rest by the sluicegates
To sort out the day's catch.
Golden willows shade
The mossy roof,
We slumber on mats
In the cool room.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
"Das Fischergewerbe" - "The fisherman's trade"Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust, (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.
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: 2003-10-13
Line count: 56
Word count: 230