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Nimm du mein Schifflein, freundliche Wiege, Zwischen zwey Himmel rettend mich auf, Furche die Bläue und es besiege Tändelnde Wellen spielend dein Lauf. Sinket und steiget wechselnden Schlages Plätschernde Ruder, hüpfendes Herz! Ungleiche Kinder seligen Tages, Schenket die Liebe, Freude und Schmerz. Günstige Lüfte, treibet nach Morgen, Füllet die Segel, kräuselt die Fluth! Weichet, Abend, grämliche Sorgen! Lächle mir Hoffnung fröhlichen Muth! Gaukelnde Möven, bunte Libellen, Springende Fischlein folget der Fahrt! Glückliche wollen mir sich gesellen Seit ich von Herzen glücklicher ward. Feiert ihr Ruder, Segel hernieder! Lande nur sachte, gleitender Kahn! Fluthender Spiegel, siehst mich nicht wieder, Ebne des Schiffers schwindende Bahn.
Composition:
- Set to music by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Barcarole", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1839), published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Friedrich Kistner; there is also an unpublished arrangement (by Lang herself) for vocal duet with piano
Text Authorship:
- by August Schumacher (1790 - 1864), "Barkerole", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Barcarole", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2006-12-11
Line count: 20
Word count: 108
Friendly cradle, take my little boat, Rescue me between two heavens; Make furrows in the blueness and may the course you travel Easily conquer the dallying waves. Rise and fall in alternating strokes, Splashing oars, leaping heart! Love gives us unequal children On blissful days, joy and sorrow! Favourable winds, blow toward morning, Fill the sails, ruffle the waters! Be off, evening, morose anxieties! Hope, bring me smilingly a happy spirit! Fluttering seagulls, colourful dragonflies, Leaping little fish, follow my journey! Happy people wish to gather around me Since I myself became happier with all my heart. Rest, ye oars, down with the sails! Be sure to land gently, floating boat! Mirror on the water, you shall not see me again, Smooth the boatman's vanishing pathway.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2021 by Sharon Krebs, (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 August Schumacher (1790 - 1864), "Barkerole", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder
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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-11
Line count: 20
Word count: 133