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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Meeresstille
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Sturm mit seinen Donnerschlägen
Kann mir nicht wie du
So das tiefste Herz bewegen,
Tiefe Meeresruh!

Du allein nur konntest lehren
Uns den schönen Wahn
Seliger Musik der Sphären,
Stiller Ozean!

Nächtlich Meer, nun ist dein Schweigen
So tief ungestört,
Daß die Seele wohl ihr eigen
Träumen klingen hört;

Daß im Schutz geschloss'nen Mundes,
Doch mein Herz erschrickt,
Das Geheimnis heil'gen Bundes
Fester an sich drückt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Meeresstille", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Reiseblätter (Viertes Buch) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Albert Felix, Graf Amadei (1851 - 1894), "Meeresstille", op. 11 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1886 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Meeresstille", op. 69 (Dichtungen von Lenau, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 14, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Toni Edelmann (b. 1945), "Meeresstille", published c2003 [ voice and piano ], from Herbstlieder, no. 10, Helsinki : Sulasol [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Meeresstille", op. 9 no. 1 (1876) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Mar en calma", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Tranquil Sea", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mer calme", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 66

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