The sea | Eternally eternally eternally roars the sea

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by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Das Meer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

   Ewig ewig ewig braust das Meer . . .

   Und wir lagen in [festverschlossenem]¹ Haus
[lachend]² geschmiegt Brust an Brust,
dachten nicht mehr an das Meer,
das ewig ewig ewig braust.
Und [lachend geschmiegt]² schliefen [wir]² ein.
Da in der Nacht weckt mich das Weib
zitternd mit [aufgerissenem Aug']³:
"Mann, Mann, [siehst du]⁴das Schiff,
das kämpfende Schiff auf brausendem Meer?"
Wir stoßen den Laden auf --
Das Meer . . .

   Ewig ewig ewig braust das Meer.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• L. Vycpálek

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Confirmed with Alfred Mombert, Tag und Nacht. Gedichte, Heidelberg: Verlag von J. Hörning, 1894, page 89

¹ Vycpálek: "festverschloss'nem"
² omitted by Vycpálek
³ Vycpálek: "aufgeriss'nem Auge"
⁴ Vycpálek: "sieh"

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), "Das Meer", appears in Tag und Nacht: Gedichte [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 Ladislav Vycpálek (1882 - 1969), "Das Meer", op. 5 no. 3, published 1923, from Visionen: Tuchy a Vidiny, no. 3, also set in Czech (Čeština) [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Ladislav Vycpálek (1882 - 1969) ENG ; composed by Ladislav Vycpálek.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The sea", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2007-09-22
Line count: 13
Word count: 84

The sea

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

   Eternally eternally eternally roars the sea. . .

   And we lay in the tightly-locked-up house
[laughingly]¹ nestled breast to breast,
no longer thinking of the sea
that roars eternally eternally eternally.
And [laughingly nestled we]¹ fell asleep.
In the night my wife wakes me,
trembling, with wide-open eyes:
"Husband, husband, [do you see]² the ship,
the struggling ship upon the roaring sea?"
We push open the shutters --
The sea . . . 

   Eternally eternally eternally roars the sea.

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¹ omitted by Vycpálek
² Vycpálek: "see"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), "Das Meer", appears in Tag und Nacht: Gedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-10
Line count: 13
Word count: 82