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Meine eingelegten Ruder triefen, Tropfen fallen langsam in die Tiefen. Nichts, daß mich verdroß! Nichts, daß mich freute! Niederrinnt ein schmerzenloses Heute! Unter mir - ach, aus dem Licht verschwunden - Träumen schon die schönern meiner Stunden. Aus der blauen Tiefe ruft das Gestern: Sind im Licht noch manche meiner Schwestern?
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Authorship:
- by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Eingelegte Ruder" [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 Volkmar Andreae (1879 - 1962), "Eingelegte Ruder", op. 10 (6 Gedichte von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer) no. 4, published 1906 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Behn (1857?9 - 1927), "Eingelegte Ruder", op. 5 (Vier Gedichte für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3 (1893?), published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott (with no opus number); published 1896 in Leipzig by Kistner as opus 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse (1881 - 1944), "Eingelegte Ruder", 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Gedichte von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Siegmund von Hausegger (1872 - 1948), "Eingelegte Ruder", published 1898 [ low voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 19, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Eingelegte Ruder", op. 32 no. 3 (1923), published 1923 [ baritone or bass and piano ], from Vier Lieder für Bariton oder Bass mit Klavier nach Gedichten von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, no. 3, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Willy Rössel (1877 - 1947), "Meine eingelegten Ruder" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Armin Schibler (1920 - 1986), "Eingelegte Ruder", op. 48 no. 5 (1956-8) [ soli, mixed chorus, men's chorus, and orchestra ], from oratorio Media in vita, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Spengel (1853 - 1936), "Eingelegte Ruder", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Carl Theodor) Oskar Ulmer (1883 - 1966), "Eingelegte Ruder", op. 17 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Eingelegte Ruder", 1963 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Soaking oars", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Rames posées", copyright © 2011, (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: 8
Word count: 51
My soaking oars drip; drops fall slowly into the depths. There was nothing to irritate me! There was nothing to delight me! A painless Today is running down. Below me - alas! vanished from the light - the fairest of my hours already dream. From the blue depths, Yesterday calls: "Are my many sisters still in the light?"
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Eingelegte Ruder"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 58