by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wenn die Wogen unten toben, Menschenwitz zu Schanden wird, Weist mit feur'gen Zügen droben Heimwärts dich der Wogen Hirt. Sollst nach keinem andern fragen, Nicht zurückschaun nach dem Land, Faß das Steuer, laß das Zagen! Aufgerollt hat Gottes Hand Diese Wogen zum Befahren Und die Sterne, dich zu wahren.
Note: Pfitzner's source was probably the 1883 edition.
Composition:
- Set to music by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Schlußgesang", op. 28, Heft 3 no. 7, published 1921, first performed 1922 [ satb quartet, mixed chorus and orchestra ], from Von deutscher Seele - Teil III - Der Liederteil, no. 7, Adolph Fürstner, Berlin
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Schifferspruch", written 1839, appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte, Leipzig, Voigt & Günther, first published 1841
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sailor's maxim", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Canto finale", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-28
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