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possibly by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884) and possibly by Adolf Licht (1811 - 1885) and possibly by J. F. Arendt

Die Erwartung
 (Sung text for setting by F. Kücken)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Fliege Schifflein durch die Rosen
Des Gestades her vom See,
Hier darf ich mit Liebchen kosen,
Wie ist mir so wohl so weh!
Ach! wie schlägt das Herz so bang!
Zaud're Holde nicht so lang'!

Würz'ge Lüfte kommt geflogen,
Bringet schnell mein Liebchen mir!
Murmelt lauter, klare Wogen,
Sagt von meiner Liebe ihr!
Wiederkehren Freud und Ruh,
Lächelt Liebchen mir nur zu!

Dort am luft'gen Blüthenhaine
Taucht das weiße Segel auf!
Ja, sie ist's, es ist die Meine!
Schifflein flüg'le deinen Lauf!
Lüfte, ach! wie zögert ihr,
Bringet schneller Liebchen mir.

According to Unsere volkstümlichen Lieder: Hoffmann von Fallersleben, ed. by Karl Hermann Prahl, 1900, this text is probably by Adolf Licht; however, Kücken attributes the text to "A... ..t", sometimes interpreted as J. F. Arendt. According to Verzeichniss des Musikalien-Verlages von F. E. C. Leuckart (1895), the text is by Emanuel Geibel. The text can be found (entirely unattributed) in Ungeheure Heiterkeit: die Lieder der Harfenisten auf der Messe, collected by Christoph Pietzsch, Leipzig, In Kommission bei Wilhelm Schrey, 1846 (Second edition)

Composition:

    Set to music by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Die Erwartung", op. 14 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 3 [ voice and guitar ]

Text Authorship:

  • possibly by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title
  • possibly by Adolf Licht (1811 - 1885), no title
  • possibly by J. F. Arendt , no title

See other settings of this text.


Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2011-07-18
Line count: 18
Word count: 92

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