Beside Lake Tiberias | Who stood beside Lake Tiberias

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by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wer stand am See Tiberias

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Erster Chor.
Wer stand am See Tiberias
Im weißen Kleid?
 
Zweiter Chor.
Der, dem die Augen waren naß
Um unser Leid.
 
Erster Chor.
Um unser Leid?
 
Zweiter Chor.
Um ew'ges Leid!
 
Erster Chor.
Wer tilgt das ew'ge Leid?
 
Zweiter Chor.
Wer stand am See Tiberias,
Im weißen Lammes Kleid,
 
Beide Chöre.
Mensch, wenn Dein Auge Dir wird naß
Um unser ew'ges Leid,
Winkt Dir vom See Tiberias
Der Held in weißen Kleid.

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Confirmed with Die Fahrten Thiodolfs des Isländers. Ein Ritterroman von Friedrich Baron de la Motte Fouqué, Zweiter Theil, Hamburg: bei August Campe, 1815, pages 87-88

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), no title, appears in Die Fahrten Thiodolfs des Isländers. Ein Ritterroman [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 Wilhelm Karl Rust (1787 - 1855), "Am See Tiberias", op. 12 [ soprano, alto, and 4-part chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Beside Lake Tiberias", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-08
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Word count: 72

Beside Lake Tiberias

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

First Choir.
Who stood beside Lake Tiberias
In a white garment?
 
Second Choir.
He, whose eyes became tear-filled
Because of our suffering.
 
First Choir.
Because of our suffering?
 
Second Choir.
Because of eternal suffering!
 
First Choir.
Who shall obliterate the eternal suffering?
 
Second Choir.
He who stood beside Lake Tiberias
In the white garment of the Lamb,
 
Both Choirs.
Mankind, when your eyes become tear-filled
Because of our eternal suffering,
From Lake Tiberias there beckons to you
The hero in the white garment.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), no title, appears in Die Fahrten Thiodolfs des Isländers. Ein Ritterroman
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-08
Line count: 20
Word count: 83