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Dioskuren, [Zwillingsterne]1, Die ihr leuchtet meinem Nachen, Mich beruhigt auf dem Meere Eure Milde, euer Wachen. Wer auch, fest in sich begründet, Unverzagt dem Sturm begegnet; Fühlt sich doch in euren Strahlen Doppelt muthig und gesegnet. Dieses Ruder, das ich schwinge, Meeresfluthen zu zertheilen; Hänge ich, so ich geborgen, Auf an eures Tempels Säulen.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, page 183.
Note: Schubert received Mayrhofer's texts in handwriting; the manuscripts of his cycle Heliopolis, dedicated to Franz von Schober, are preserved in the Vienna City Library. The printed edition of Mayrhofer's poems appeared much later. This poem (originally no. 20 of the cycle) is not part of the cycle in the printed edition of 1843.
1 Schubert: "Zwillingssterne"Text Authorship:
- by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Schiffers Nachtlied", written 1816? [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 Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren", op. 65 no. 1 (1993) [ alto and piano ], from Drei Lieder mit den Liedertexten von Schuberts, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren", op. 65 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, D 360 (1816), published 1826 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 54
Dioscuri, twin stars that shine upon my skiff, you comfort me on the ocean with your mildness and your watchfulness. He who firmly believes in himself and unswervingly meets the storm feels himself, in your light, doubly courageous and blessed. This oar that I ply to part the ocean waves, I shall hang, once I am safe on land, upon your temple's pillars.
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Translation of title "Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren" = "Song of the sailors to the Dioscuri"Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Schiffers Nachtlied", written 1816?
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 63