Es rauschet das Wasser
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 [vergeh'n]1;
Doch bleiben die Sterne,
Sie wandeln und [steh'n]2.
So auch mit der Liebe,
[Der treuen, geschicht]3,
Sie wegt sich, sie regt sich,
Und ändert sich nicht.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
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1 Brahms: "zergehn"
2 Brahms: "gehn"
3 in some editions of Goethe, "Der Treuen, geschieht"
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Reinhold Becker (1842 - 1924), "Es rauschet das Wasser", op. 64 (Drei Duette für Sopran und Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1892 [ vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Es rauschet das Wasser", op. 28 (Vier Duette für Alt und Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 3 (1862), published 1864 [ vocal duet for alto and baritone with piano ], Wien, Spina [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles John Hargitt (1833 - 1918), "Es rauschet das Wasser", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
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
Het water wil stromen
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)
Zij:
Het water wil stromen
En blijft niet graag staan;
Heel blij volgen sterren
Hun hemelse baan;
Heel blij volgen wolken
Hun hemelse spoor;
Zo stroomt ook de liefde
En gaat er vandoor.
Hij:
De wateren ruisen,
De wolken, zij gaan;
Toch blijven de sterren,
Zij schuiven en staan1.
Dit is wat met liefde
Die trouw is, geschiedt,
Zij weegt zich, beweegt zich,
Maar wijzigt zich niet.