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by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856)

Eilende Wellen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Eilende Wellen
[Spielen]1 im Licht,
Wenn sie zerschellen,
Achten sie's nicht!
 
Sterne da schweifen
Viel tausend im Fluß;
Gleich wieder greifen
Sie einen zum Kuß!
 
In [Scherzen und Schmerzen]2,
Spielen mir so
Die Lieder im Herzen
Unwandelbar froh.
 
Ist eines verklungen,
Ich denk' ihm nicht nach,
Kommt wieder gesprungen
Ein anderes [jach]3.
 
Und fängt einen Funken
Vom Lichte geschwind,
Worin mir so trunken
Das Leben [entrinnt]4.
 
[Vom]5 Lichte der Liebe
Voll himmlischer Ruh',
O selig Getriebe,
So treibe nur zu!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Lang 

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Confirmed with Christian Reinhold Köstlin’s poetry manuscripts, Z 4131, poem 96, Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach, Germany. Dated August 11 [1841].

Note: in Lang's song, stanza 2 has two different variants in the repetitions: “viel tausend zum Kuss" and "gleich wieder greifen sie wieder zum Kuss".

1 Lang: "Spielend"
2 Lang: "Schmerzen und Scherzen"
3 Lang: "nach"
4 Lang: "verrinnt"
5 Lang: "Im"

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), no title, written 1841 [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Am Fluße", op. 14 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 2 (1841), published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 88

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