Widerschein
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): 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.
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Set in a modified version by Franz Peter Schubert.
Set in a modified version by Franz Peter Schubert.
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- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Reflection", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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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.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by Malcolm Wren, (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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This text was added to the website: 2018-10-30
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