by
Arno Holz (1863 - 1929)
Auf einem vergoldeten Blumenschiff
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Auf einem vergoldeten Blumenschiff
mit Ebenholzmasten und Purpursegeln
schwimmen wir ins offne Meer.
Hinter uns,
zwischen Wasserrosen,
schaukelt der Mond.
Tausend bunte Papierlaternen schillern an seidnen Fäden,
In runden Schalen kreist der Wein.
Die Lauten klingen.
Aus fernem Süd
taucht blühend eine Insel ...
Die Insel -- der Vergessenheit!
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Chris D. Godwin) , "On a gilded flowership", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sur un vaisseau de fleurs nimbé d'or", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 48
On a gilded flowership
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
On a gilded flowership
with masts of ebony and purple sails
we set off into open sea.
Behind us,
among waterlilies,
the Moon ripples.
A thousand bright paper lanterns glimmer on silken strings.
Wine circulates in round bowls.
Sound of lutes.
In the far south
a flowery island appears …
the isle – of oblivion!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 by Chris D. Godwin, (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 Arno Holz (1863 - 1929), "Auf einem vergoldeten Blumenschiff", appears in Phantasus
This text was added to the website: 2020-12-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 55