by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Es rauschet das Wasser
 (Sung text for setting by J. Brahms)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE LIT SPA
Sie
 Es rauschet das Wasser
 Und bleibet nicht stehn;
 Gar lustig die Sterne
 Am Himmel hin gehn;
 Gar lustig die Wolken
 Am Himmel hin ziehn;
 So rauschet die Liebe
 Und fähret dahin.

Er
 Es rauschen die Wasser, 
 Die Wolken zergehn;
 Doch bleiben die Sterne, 
 Sie wandeln und gehn.
 So auch mit der Liebe, 
 Der treuen, geschicht,
 Sie wegt sich, sie regt sich,
 Und ändert sich nicht.

Composition:

    Set to music by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Es rauschet das Wasser", op. 28 no. 3 (1862), published 1864 [ vocal duet for alto and baritone with piano ], Wien, Spina

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Mormolen les aigües", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Vanduo vis čiurlena", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 71

Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
She
 The water rushes 
 And will not stay still;
 The stars pass merrily 
 In the sky,
 The clouds advance 
 Merrily in the sky,
 And so Love rushes 
 And wanders there.

He
 The waters are rushing, 
 The clouds dissolving;
 Yet the stars remain: 
 They wander and drift.
 And so it happens as well with Love, 
 The true kind:
 It sways, it stirs,
 And does not change.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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Word count: 67