Reflection | As he waits, Tom is leaning on the bridge

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by Franz Xaver Freiherr von Schlechta (1796 - 1875)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Widerschein

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Tom lehnt harrend auf der Brücke,
Die Geliebte säumt,
Schmollend taucht er seine Blicke
In den Bach und träumt.

Doch die lauscht schon im Gebüsche
Und ihr Abbild ruht,
Als der lieblichste der Fische,
Im Krystall der Fluth.

Mit dem Schmelze seiner Ränder
Rahmt der Bach den Schein:
Faßte Tom nicht das Geländer,
Zög es ihn hinein.

Confirmed with Ephemeren. Dichtungen von weiland Franz Freiherrn von Schlechta-Wssehrd. Mit einem Vorworte von Heinrich Laube. Zweite Auflage. Wien. Pest. Leipzig. A. Hartleben's Verlag. 1876, page 9.

Note: This is the third version of Schlechta's poem. For the first and second versions see below.

Text Authorship:

by Franz Xaver Freiherr von Schlechta (1796 - 1875), "Widerschein" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Set in a modified version by Franz Peter Schubert.

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Set in a modified version by Franz Peter Schubert.

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Reflection

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

As he waits, Tom is leaning on the bridge
His beloved is late,
In a sulk he drowns his gaze
In the brook and starts dreaming.

However, she is already listening in the bushes,
And her reflection is at rest
As the most beloved of the fish
In the crystal of the rising waters.

With the lustre of its banks
The brook frames the reflection:
If Tom wasn't holding on to the railings
He would be pulled in.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Xaver Freiherr von Schlechta (1796 - 1875), "Widerschein"
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This text was added to the website: 2018-10-30
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