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by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

An der Quelle saß der Knabe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
An der Quelle saß der Knabe,
Blumen wand er sich zum Kranz,
[Und]1 er sah sie fortgerissen
Treiben in der Wellen Tanz.
Und so [fliehen]2 meine Tage
Wie die Quelle rastlos hin!
Und so [bleichet]3 meine Jugend,
Wie die Kränze schnell verblühn!

Fraget nicht, warum ich traure
In des Lebens Blüthenzeit!
Alles freuet sich und hoffet,
Wenn der Frühling sich erneut.
Aber [diese]4 tausend Stimmen
Der erwachenden Natur
Wecken in dem tiefen Busen
Mir den schweren Kummer nur.

Was [soll]5 mir die Freude frommen,
Die der schöne Lenz mir beut?
Eine nur ists, die ich suche,
Sie ist nah [und]6 ewig weit.
Sehnend breit ich meine Arme
Nach dem theuren Schattenbild,
Ach ich kann es nicht erreichen,
Und das Herz [bleibt]7 ungestillt!

Komm herab, du [schöne Holde]8,
Und verlaß dein stolzes Schloß!
Blumen, die der Lenz geboren,
Streu ich dir in deinen Schoß.
Horch, der Hain erschallt von Liedern
Und die Quelle rieselt klar!
Raum ist in der kleinsten Hütte
Für ein glücklich liebend Paar.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   X. Pentenrieder •   F. Schubert •   F. Schubert •   F. Schubert 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Friederich Schiller, Zweiter Theil, Zweite, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig, 1805, bei Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, pages 338-340; and with Taschenbuch für Damen auf das Jahr 1805. Herausgegeben von Huber, Lafontaine, Pfeffel und anderen. Tübingen in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, pages 1-2.

1 Pentenrieder: "Doch"
2 Pentenrieder: "schwinden"
3 Schiller (Taschenbuch für Damen): "welket"
4 omitted by Schubert (only in D. 30)
5 Pentenrieder: "kann"
6 Pentenrieder: "doch"
7 Schubert (only in D. 30): "ist"
8 Pentenrieder: "holde Schöne"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Der Jüngling am Bache", written 1803, first published 1805 [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 Ludwig Abeille (1761 - 1838), "Der Jüngling am Bache" [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel ; missing [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Danzi (1763 - 1826), "Der Jüngling am Bache", op. 46 (Balladen und Romanzen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, P 185 no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Joh. W. Merkens van Gendt , "Der Jüngling am Bache", op. 18 (Drei Gedichte von Schiller, 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Haag, Boshart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Adrian Götzloff (d. 1836), "Der Jüngling am Bache", published c1806 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jakob Adolf Hägg (1850 - 1928), "An der Quelle saß der Knabe", op. 31 (Sieben Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Xaver Pentenrieder (1813 - 1867), "Der Jüngling am Bache" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinrich Proch (1809 - 1878), "Der Jüngling am Bache", op. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Der Jüngling am Bache" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Jüngling am Bache", D 30 (1812), published 1895 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Jüngling am Bache", D 192 (1815), published 1887 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Jüngling am Bache", op. 87 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, D 638 (1819), published 1827 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by August Heinrich von Weyrauch (1788 - 1865), "Der Jüngling am Bache" [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (1783 - 1852) , "Жалоба", first published 1811 [an adaptation] ; composed by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev.
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  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Mikhailovich Fofanov (1862 - 1911) , "Юноша у ручья" ; composed by Sergey Aleksandrovich Trailin.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El jovencell al rierol", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De jongeman bij de beek", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The youth by the stream", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "L'adolescent près du ruisseau", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il giovanetto al ruscello", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 174

El jovencell al rierol
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
El noi seia prop de la font,
trenant flors per fer una garlanda
i veié com eren arrossegades,
surant en la dansa de les ones.
“I així fugen els meus dies
com al font, lluny sense parar!
I així empal·lideix la meva jovenesa,
com la garlanda que aviat es marceix!

No em pregunteu per què em lamento
a la flor de la joventut!
Tot és joia i esperança
al renovellament de la primavera.
Però aquests milers de veus
de la natura que reneix,
desvetllen en el fons del meu cor
només una pena feixuga.

De què em serveix la joia
que ofereix la formosa primavera?
Només és una, la que jo cerco,
ella és a prop i sempre llunyana.
Amb deler, obro els meus braços
vers l’estimada imatge de la seva ombra,
ai, no la puc atènyer
i el meu cor resta malcontent!

Vine aquí baix, tu bella encisadora
i surt del teu superb castell!
Flors, nascudes de la primavera,
escamparé a la teva falda.
Escolta, ressonen cançons al boscatge
i clara corre la font!
Hi ha prou lloc a la cabana més petita
per a una feliç parella d’amants.” 

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2017 by Salvador Pila, (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 Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Der Jüngling am Bache", written 1803, first published 1805
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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-10
Line count: 32
Word count: 190

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