by
August Kopisch (1799 - 1853)
O komm' in mein Schiffchen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
O komm' in mein [Schiffchen]1,
Geliebte, daher!
Die Nacht ist so still und
Es leuchtet das Meer!
Und, wo ich hin rudre,
Entbrennet die Flut:
Es schaukelt [mein]2 Nachen
In wallender Glut! -- --
Die Glut ist die Liebe,
Der Nachen bin ich:
Ich sink' in den Flammen,
O rette du mich!
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Confirmed with: Blüthenkranz neuer deutscher Dichtung, herausgegeben von Rudolph Gottschall, Dritte Auflage, Breslau: Verlag von Eduard Trewendt, 1858, page 119.
1 Bade, Draeseke: "Schifflein"
2 Draeseke, Kalliwoda: "der"
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 Philipp Bade , "Barkarole", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für 1 Männerstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1896 [ male voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ignaz Brüll (1846 - 1907), "Das Meerleuchten", op. 52 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "Meeresleuchten", op. 26 no. 4, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Vermischte Lieder. Sechs Gesänge, no. 4, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jan Karol Gall (1856 - 1912), "Barcarole", op. 13 no. 3, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Aus Italien. Drei Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Das Meeresleuchten", H-U 305 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Meeresleuchten", op. 4 (Elf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1895 [ high voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Wenzeslaus Kalliwoda (1801 - 1866), "Meeresleuchten", WoO 9.03 no. 9 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-07-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 50
Oh come into my little boat
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Oh come into my little boat,
Beloved, from there!
The night is so still and
The sea is gleaming!
And wherever I row
The waters are enflamed:
[My]1 craft is pitching
In a swirling blaze! -- --
Love is the blaze,
I am the little craft:
I sink into the flames,
Oh rescue me thou!
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Translated titles:
"Das Meeresleuchten" and "Meeresleuchten" = "Marine luminescence"
"Barcarole" and "Barkarole" = "Barcarole"
1 Draeseke: "the"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Das Meeresleuchten"
This text was added to the website: 2015-08-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 53