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Fischerweise
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE GRE HEB ITA SPA
Den Fischer fechten Sorgen
Und Gram und Leid nicht an,
Er löst am frühen Morgen
Mit leichtem Sinn den Kahn.

Da lagert rings noch Friede
Auf Wald und Flur und Bach,
Er ruft mit seinem Liede
Die gold'ne Sonne wach.

[Und]1 singt zu seinem Werke
Aus voller frischer Brust,
Die Arbeit gibt ihm Stärke,
Die Stärke Lebenslust!

Bald wird ein bunt Gewimmel
In allen Tiefen laut,
Und plätschert durch den Himmel
Der sich im Wasser baut -

[ ... ]

Doch wer ein Netz will stellen
Braucht Augen klar und gut,
Muß heiter gleich den Wellen
Und frey seyn wie die Fluth;

Dort angelt auf der Brücke
Die Hirtinn - schlauer Wicht,
[Gib auf nur deine]2 Tücke
Den Fisch betrügst du nicht!
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Confirmed with Dichtungen vom Freyherrn Franz von Schlechta. Erster Band. Wien, 1824. Im v. Hirschfeld'schen Verlage, pages 115-116.

Note: Schlechta's poem was posthumously published again in a substantially revised version with the title Fischerlied in Ephemeren, see below.

1 Schubert: "Er"
2 Schubert (2nd version only): "Entsage deiner"

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Fischerweise", op. 96 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, D 881 (1826), published 1828, stanzas 1-4,6-7 [ voice and piano ], Lithographisches Institut, Wien

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La cançó del pescador", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Visserslied", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Fisherman's song", copyright © 2015
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chanson de pêcheur", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Μελωδία του ψαρά", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) [singable] (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Pescando", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 137