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Um der fallenden Ruder Spitzen Zittert und leuchtet ein schimmernder Glanz, Flieht bei jedem Schlage mit Blitzen Hin von Wellen zu Wellen im Tanz. Mir im Busen von Liebeswonnen Zittert und leuchtet das Herz wie die Flut, Jubelt hinauf zu den Sternen und Sonnen, Bebt zu vergeh'n in der wogenden Glut. Schon auf dem Felsen durchs Grün der Platane Seh' ich das säulengetragene Dach, Und das flimmernde Licht am Altane Kündet [mir]1, daß die Geliebte noch wach. [Fliege]2, mein Kahn! und birg uns verschwiegen, Birg uns, selige Nacht des August! Süß wohl ist's, auf [den]1 Wellen sich wiegen, Aber süßer an ihrer Brust.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke des Grafen Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Erster Band, Verlag der J.G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, 1883, page 258.
1 omitted by Marx.2 Marx: "Wiege"
Text Authorship:
- by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), "Barcarole", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Aus allen Zonen [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 Anton Eberhardt (1855 - 1922), "Barcarole", op. 22 (Fünf Gedichte für Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1891 [ baritone and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Leonard Johann Heinrich) Albert Fuchs (1858 - 1910), "Barcarole", op. 20 ([Drei] Duette für 1 Frauen- und 1 Männerstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 2, published 1886 [ vocal duet for male voice and female voice with piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Barkarole", 1909, published 1910, orchestrated 1910 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], in Lieder und Gesänge, I. Folge, Nr.1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Barkarole", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder von Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack) no. 6 (1885-7), published 1888 [ high voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Barcarole", op. 101 (Drei Duette für Sopran und Bariton oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1891 [ vocal duet for soprano and baritone or tenor with piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Barcarola", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Barcarole", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Barcarole", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Barcarola", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 108
At the ends of the dropping oars trembles and sparkles a shimmering radiance, that flees at each stroke with a flash and dances from wave to wave. Within my breast, from the bliss of love, my heart trembles and sparkles like the water, rejoicing to the stars and sun, shaking to go away in the surging glow. Already on the rocks, through the green of the plane trees, I see the columned roof, and the shimmering light on the balcony lets me know that my sweetheart is still awake. Fly, my boat, and hide us silently; conceal us, blissful night of August; Sweet it is to rock on the waves, but sweeter it is to rock against her breast.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), "Barcarole", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Aus allen Zonen
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 119