by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739 - 1791)
Die Forelle See original
Language: German (Deutsch)
In einem Bächlein helle,
Da schoß in froher Eil
Die launische Forelle
Vorüber, wie ein Pfeil:
Ich stand an dem Gestade,
Und sah' in süsser Ruh
Des muntern Fischleins Bade
Im klaren Bächlein zu.
Ein Fischer mit der Ruthe
Wol an dem Ufer stand,
Und sah's mit kaltem Blute
Wie sich das Fischlein wand.
So lang dem Wasser Helle,
So dacht' ich, nicht gebricht,
So fängt er die Forelle
Mit seiner Angel nicht.
Doch endlich ward dem Diebe
Die Zeit zu lang; er macht
Das Bächlein tückisch trübe:
Und eh' ich es gedacht,
So zuckte seine Ruthe;
Das Fischlein zappelt dran;
Und ich, mit regem Blute,
Sah die Betrogne an.
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Note: Schubert produced over the years four copies of Die Forelle, resulting in five slightly different versions. The third version, dedicated to Josef Hüttenbrenner and presumably written down from memory, has the final two lines (of stanza 3) differently:
Ich sah mit regem Blute Das arme Fischlein an.
Note: Schubart, who also set the poem himself, had an additional stanza between stanza 3 and 4 that he supressed in the printed edition:
So scheust auch manche Schöne Im vollen Strom der Zeit Und sieht nicht die Sirene Die ihr im Wirbel dräut. Sie folgt dem Drang der Liebe Und eh' sie sichs versieht So wird das Bächlein trübe Und ihre Unschuld flieht.
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Forelle", D 550 (1817?), stanzas 1-3
Text Authorship:
- by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739 - 1791), "Die Forelle", written 1782-83
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La truita", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "鱒魚", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De forel", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The trout", copyright ©
- ENG English (Walter Meyer) , "The Trout", copyright © 1995, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "The trout", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Daniel Platt) , "The trout", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Forelli", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La truite", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Η πέστροφα", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) (Antonio Zencovich) , "La trota", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Lourdes Leon) , "La Trucha", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Xavier Rivera) , "La Trucha", copyright © 2025, (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.
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