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[Der]1 Angel zuckt, die Ruthe bebt, Doch leicht fährt sie heraus. Ihr eigensinn'gen Nixen gebt Dem Fischer keinen Schmaus! Was frommet ihm sein kluger Sinn, Die [Fischlein]2 baumeln spottend hin - Er steht am Ufer fest gebannt, Kann nicht in's Wasser, ihn hält das Land. Die glatte Fläche kräuselt sich, Vom Schuppenvolk bewegt, Das seine Glieder wonniglich In sichern Fluthen regt. Forellen zappeln hin und her, Doch bleibt des Fischers Angel leer, Sie fühlen, was die Freyheit ist, Fruchtlos ist Fischers alte List. Die Erde ist gewaltig schön, Doch sicher ist sie nicht! Es senden Stürme Eiseshöh'n; Der Hagel und der Frost zerbricht Mit einem Schlage, einem Druck, Das gold'ne Korn, der Rosen Schmuck - Den Fischlein [unter's weiche]3 Dach, Kein Sturm folgt ihnen vom Lande nach.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, pages 42-43.
Note provided by Peter Rastl: In Schubert's (and Mayrhofer's, and Goethe's) time there was a distinction between "die Angel" (= door-hinge) and "der Angel" (= fishing tackle). Only in current German both are feminine.
1 Schubert (Peters Edition only): "Die"2 Schubert: "Fische"
3 Schubert: "unterm weichen"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Wie Ulfru fischt" [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Wie Ulfru fischt", op. 21 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, D 525 (1817), published 1823 [ voice, piano ], Sauer & Leidesdorf, VN 276, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Com l’Ulfru pesca", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Hoe Ulfru vist", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "How Ulfru fishes", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "The way that Ulfru fishes", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Comment Ulfru pêche", copyright © 2010, (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.
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La canya fa estrebades, l’esquer oscil•la però surt lleuger sense res. Vosaltres, esperits aquàtics, no doneu cap tiberi per al pescador. El seu esperit sagaç no li serveix, els peixos balandregen amb caire burleta i ell resta plantat a la riba, no pot anar dins l’aigua, la terra el reté. La superfície llisa s’encrespa, agitada pel banc de criatures escatoses que alegrement belluguen llurs cossos en el segur resguard de les aigües. Les truites van d’un costat a l’altre però cap d’elles mossega l’esquer, perceben el que és la llibertat, inútils els vells trucs del pescador. La terra és poderosament bella però no és pas segura. Des de les altures glacials, les tempestes envien calamarsades i glaçades que amb una batzegada, una empenta, destrueixen el blat daurat, l’esplendor de les roses; als petits peixos, sota llur teulada mollenca, cap tempesta de la terra els pot atènyer.
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- 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 Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Wie Ulfru fischt"
This text was added to the website: 2017-05-01
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Word count: 146