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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Auf dem Meere meiner Seele
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Auf dem Meere meiner Seele
Fliehen lustig weiße Segel,
Meine hellen Schwangedanken,
Vor dem Südwind meines Blutes.

Draußen hängt in grauen Fetzen
Sommerlicher Dauerregen -
Auf dem Meere meine Seele
Fliehen lustig meine Segel.

Sonne lacht mit blauen Augen
Auf die fröhliche Regatta; -
Alle trüben Herzen möcht ich
Laden heut zum Segelfeste
Auf dem Meere meiner Seele!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Nachlese zu Ich und die Welt [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 Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Auf dem Meere meiner Seele", 1934, published 1979, note: formerly opus 22 no. 6. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Sur la mer de mon âme", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 56

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