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Traurig schau' ich von der Klippe Auf die Flut, die uns getrennt, Und mit Inbrunst fleht die Lippe: Schone seiner, Element! Furcht ist meiner Seele Meister, Ach! und Hoffnung schwindet schier; Nur im Traume bringen Geister [Kunde vom Geliebten]1 mir. Die ihr, fröhliche Genossen, Gold'ner Tag', in Lust und Scherz, Kummerthränen nie vergossen, Ach, ihr kennt nicht meinen Schmerz! Sei mir mild, o nächt'ge Stunde! [Schlummer zieh' den Vorhang vor]2! Holde Geister, flüstert Kunde Vom Geliebten [mir in's Ohr!]3
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Robert Burn's Gedichte deutsch von W. Gerhard, Leipzig: Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth, 1840, page 94
Note for stanza 3, line 2, word 6: in the Breitkopf & Härtel edition of Clara Schumann’s songs published in the early 1990s, there is a typo here ("Schmerz" instead of "Scherz").
1 C. Schumann: "Vom Geliebten Kunde"2 C. Schumann: "Auf das Auge senke Ruh"
3 C. Schumann: "dann mir zu."
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Sehnsucht am Strande" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Musing on the Roaring Ocean"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carl August Krebs (1804 - 1880), "Sehnsucht am Strande", op. 71, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896), "Am Strande", 1840, published 1841 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Aïda Raurell) , "A la riba", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Aïda Raurell) , "En la orilla", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 83
Sadly I gaze from the crags Upon the waters that separate us, And with fervency my lips plead: Spare him, elements! Fear is the master of my soul, Ah, and hope almost vanishes; Only in dreams do the spirits Bring me tidings of my beloved. You, my happy comrades Of golden days in joy and jest, Who have never shed tears of woe, Ah, you do not know my pain! Be kind to me, oh nightly hour, [Slumber, draw the curtains!]1 Lovely spirits, [into my ear]2 Whisper tidings of my beloved!
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View original text (without footnotes)Translation of title "Am Strande" = "At the shore"
1 Schumann: "Cause rest to descend upon my eyes,"
2 Schumann: "then to me"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Sehnsucht am Strande"
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Musing on the Roaring Ocean"
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 93