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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by Lau Kanen
Ich stand gelehnet an den Mast
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich stand gelehnet an den Mast, Und zählte jede Welle. [Ade!]1 mein schönes Vaterland! Mein Schiff, das segelt schnelle! Ich [kam schön]2 Liebchens Haus vorbei, Die Fensterscheiben blinken; Ich [guck']3 mir fast die Augen aus, Doch [will mir niemand]4 winken. Ihr Tränen, bleibt mir aus dem Aug', Daß ich nicht dunkel sehe. [Mein krankes]5 Herze brich mir nicht Vor [allzugroßem]6 Wehe.
F. Kücken sets stanzas 1-2
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Lachner: "Leb wohl"
2 Hensel: "geh' bei"
3 Lachner: "schau"
4 Hensel: "niemand will mir"
5 Hensel, Pfitzner: "Du armes"
6 Hensel: "übergroßem"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Wasserfahrt", appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Romanzen, no. 14 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Al. Arlet , "Wasserfahrt" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kurt Börner (b. 1877), "Wasserfahrt", op. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jeannette Antonie Bürde, née Milder (c1799 - 1875), "Wasserfahrt", op. 51 (Drei deutsche Gesänge und Lieder ) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Aloys Theodor Commer (1813 - 1887), "Ich stand gelehnet an den Mast", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1852 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Stuttgart, Göpel [sung text not yet checked]
- by R. de Cuvry , "Wasserfahrt", op. 4 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Dessauer (1798 - 1876), "Wasserfahrt", op. 14 (Sechs Gesänge für eine Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Wasserfahrt", 1876 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Wasserfahrt", op. 48 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3 (1878), published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ossip (or Iosef) Salomonovich Gabrilovich (1878 - 1936), "Wasserfahrt", op. 10 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Friedrich Grimmer (1798 - 1850), "Wasserfahrt", op. 5 (Acht Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 6, published 1831 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Hartung (1864 - 1930), "Wasserfahrt", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Rothe [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Wasserfahrt" [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos a cappella ], from Three Duets on Texts by Heinrich Heine, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Adolph Hölzel (1813 - 1883), "Wasserfahrt", op. 73 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marianne Klage (1822 - ?), "Wasserfahrt", op. 1 no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by M. J. Kremer , "Wasserfahrt" [ voice and piano ], from Ausgewählte Lieder, no. 9, self-published, no date ; note: each song has a title page showing "M. J. Kremer" as the composer, but at the top of each song, it says "J. N. Kremer" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Wasserfahrt", op. 31 (Zwei Gesänge für Bass oder Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published <<1863, stanzas 1-2 [ alto or bass and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Wasserfahrt", op. 33, Heft 2 no. 2, from Sängerfahrt : sechzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolph, Baron von Lauer-Münchhofen (1796 - 1874), "Wasserfahrt", op. 6 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Levinsohn (d. c1907), "Wasserfahrt", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. Lötz , "Wasserfahrt", from Zwei Gedichte von Heinrich Heine, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Maertens (b. 1819), "Wasserfahrt", from Lieder, Heft I, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898?), "Wasserfahrt", note: attribution questionable. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Wasserfahrt", from Drei zweistimmige Volkslieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elise Müller (b. 1782), "Abschied", from Sechs Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Wasserfahrt", op. 22 no. 1, published 1878 [ medium voice and piano ], from Buch der Lieder. Zwölf Gedichte von Heine, no. 1, Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Nesvadba (1824 - 1876), "Wasserfahrt", op. 16 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Wasserfahrt", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für hohen Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 6 (1888/89), published 1894 [ high baritone and piano ], Berlin, Fürstner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Prokesch-Osten (1795 - 1876), "Wasserfahrt" [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) Wilhelm (Alb.) Rehfeld (b. 1836), "Wasserfahrt", op. 5 (Sechs Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Wasserfahrt" [ duet ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Samson , "Wasserfahrt", op. 6, Heft 2 no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Joseph Schütky (1817 - 1893), "Wasserfahrt", op. 11 (Lieder) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Siebmann , "Wasserfahrt", op. 40 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Emil Siegert (1838 - c1901), "Wasserfahrt", op. 97 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinrich August Siemers (1819 - 1876), "Wasserfahrt", op. 28 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Iván Simonyi , "Wasserfahrt", from Drei Lieder von H. Heine, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky (1830 - 1892), "Wasserfahrt" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Stade (1817 - 1902), "Wasserfahrt", op. 4 (Vier [Fünf] Lieder von H. Heine) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tjerko Steenhuis (1840 - ?), "Wasserfahrt", op. 4 (Zwei Lieder von Heine) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "Wasserfahrt", op. 1 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 4, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules de Swert (1843 - 1891), "Wasserfahrt", op. 23 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Wasserfahrt", op. 27 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 11 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Twietmeyer , "Wasserfahrt", op. 8 (Acht Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Caroline Unger (1803 - 1877), as Caroline Sabatier-Ungher, "Wasserfahrt", published [c1864] [ voice and piano ], from Lieder, Mélodies et Stornelli, no. 39, Leipzig: C.G. Röder, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolph, Ritter von Vivenot (1807 - 1884), "Wasserfahrt", op. 5 (Drei Gedichte von Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Wichmann (1824 - 1905), "Wasserfahrt", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder von Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by François Sabatier (1818 - 1891) ; composed by Caroline Unger, as Caroline Sabatier-Ungher.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Op de boot", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I stood leaning against the mast", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "The voyage"
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Voyage en bateau", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Jakob Kellner
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 61
Op de boot
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)
Ik stond, al leunend, aan de mast En telde alle golven. Vaarwel, mijn mooie vaderland! Mijn schip rent snel als wolven! Ik kwam mijn liefjes huis voorbij, Het vensterglas, dat blonk er; Ik keek mij haast de ogen uit, Maar alles bleef er donker. Weg tranen, blijf mij uit het oog, Maak er geen doffe bende! Mijn kranke1 hart, ach, breek toch niet Van al teveel ellende!
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1 Mendelssohn: arme
1 Mendelssohn: arme
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2014 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Wasserfahrt", appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Romanzen, no. 14
This text was added to the website: 2014-01-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 67