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by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
An wildem Klippenstrande
Language: German (Deutsch)
[An wildem]1 Klippenstrande Ein Felsblock einsam ragt, Ihn haben von dem Ufer Die Wellen losgenagt. Jetzt liegt er halb versunken Trotzig im grünen Meer, Die weißen Möwen flattern Schrill kreischend um ihn her. Auf dunkeln Wasserpfaden Tanzt spielend leicht ein Schiff, Es klingt ein fremdes Singen Heran zum Felsenriff: "O wenn ich doch am Rheine Bei meiner Liebsten wär', O Heimath, alte Heimath, Wie machst das Herz du schwer!"
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Traunwart: "Am wilden" ; further changes may exist not noted above.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), no title, appears in Der Trompeter von Säkkingen, in Vierzehntes Stück. Das Büchlein der Lieder, in 5. Fünf Jahre später -- Werners Lieder aus Welschland, no. 2 [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 Hugo Brückler (1845 - 1871), "Am wilden Klippenstrande", op. 2 (Neun Gesänge aus Scheffel's Trompeter von Säkkingen), Heft 2 (Gesänge "Jung Werner's") no. 3, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gheorghe (or Georg) Dima (1847 - 1925), "Am wilden Klippenstrande", published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from [Fünfzehn] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Feininger , "Werner's Lied aus Welschland", op. 14 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812 - 1883), "An wildem Klippenstrande", op. 60 no. 2, published 1875 [ low voice and piano ], from Werner's Lieder aus Welschland aus Scheffel's Trompeter von Säkkingen, no. 2, Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Isador) George Henschel (1850 - 1934), "An wildem Klippenstrande", op. 25 no. 2, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Werners Lieder aus Welschland: Acht lieder aus Scheffels Trompeter von Säckingen, no. 2, Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Herbeck (1831 - 1877), "Werner's Lied aus Welschland", published 1877 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Drei Lieder aus Scheffel's Trompeter von Säkkingen, für Männerchor, no. 1, Wien, Spina [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Metzdorff (1844 - 1919), "An wildem Klippenstrande", op. 32 no. 2, published 1877 [ baritone or bass and piano ], from Werner's Lieder aus Welschland, von Scheffel, für Bariton (oder Bass) mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Am wilden Klippenstrande", op. 7 (Sechs Lieder aus "Jung Werners Lieder aus Italien von V. Scheffel, für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1876 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Am wilden Klippenstrande", op. 34 no. 7, published 1879 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder "Werners" aus J.V. von Scheffel's Trompeter von Säkkingen, für Bariton mit Pianoforte, no. 7, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Am Strande", op. 12 no. 4 (1887-89), published 1889 [ medium voice and piano ], from Werner's Lieder aus Welschland nach V. von Scheffel's Dichtung "Der Trompeter von Säkkingen" für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, Leede [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Traunwart , "Am wilden Klippenstrande", published 1889 [ low voice and piano ], from Werners Lieder aus Wälschland für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Vogl (1845 - 1900), "An wildem Klippenstrande", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from 14 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte aus dem Trompeter von Säkkingen, no. 2, Leipzig, Wild [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Natalie Macfarren)
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-09-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 70
Along the wild cliffs of the shore
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Along the wild cliffs of the shore A block of granite looms in solitary state, The gnawing waves have separated it From the shore. Now it lies, half submerged, Defiant in the green sea, The white seagulls flap About it, shrilly shrieking. Upon the dark pathways of water A ship dances, playfully and lightly, The sound of a foreign singing Drifts over to the granite reef: “Oh if I were only at the Rhine With my beloved, Oh homeland, old homeland, How you make my heart heavy!”
About the headline (FAQ)
English song title (Brückler, Grädener, Henschel, Metzdorff, Naubert, Schwalm, Traunwart): Along the wild cliffs of the shoreEnglish song title (Feiniger, Herbeck): Werner’s song from Italy
English song title (Sommer): At the shore
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), no title, appears in Der Trompeter von Säkkingen, in Vierzehntes Stück. Das Büchlein der Lieder, in 5. Fünf Jahre später -- Werners Lieder aus Welschland, no. 2
This text was added to the website: 2014-08-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 87