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Es brausen der Liebe Wogen Und schäumen mir um das Herz; Zwei tiefe Augen zogen Mich mächtig niederwärts. Mich lockte der Nixen Gemunkel, Die wunderliebliche Mär, Als ob die Erde dunkel Und leuchtend die Tiefe wär'! Als würde die seligste Ferne Dort unten reizende Näh', Als könnt' ich des Himmels Sterne Dort greifen in blauer See. Nun brausen und schäumen die Wogen Und hüllen mich allwärts ein, Es schimmert in Regenbogen Die Welt von ferne herein.
Authorship:
- by Felix Schumann (1854 - 1879) [author's text not yet checked 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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Versunken", op. 86 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 (1873) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Enfonsat", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Verzonken", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Drowned", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Noyé", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sprofondato", copyright © 2010, (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: 76
The waves of love roar and foam around my heart; Two deep eyes drew me powerfully downward. I was lured by the chatter of the water sprites and their wondrous, lovely tales, as if the earth were dark and the depths were lit from beneath! As if the blissful far-off thing down there were appealingly near, As if I could grasp the stars of the sky down there in the blue sea. Now the waves roar and foam and gradually cover me up; In the rainbow glistens the world from far-away.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Felix Schumann (1854 - 1879)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 91