[Die stille Wasserrose]1
Steigt aus dem blauen See,
[Die Blätter flimmern und blitzen]2,
Der Kelch ist weiß wie Schnee.

Da gießt der Mond vom Himmel
All' seinen gold'nen Schein,
Gießt alle seine Strahlen
In ihren Schooß hinein.

Im Wasser um die Blume
Kreiset ein weißer Schwan,
Er [singt]3 so süß, so leise
Und schaut die Blume an.

Er singt so süß, so leise
Und will im Singen vergehn --
O Blume, weiße Blume,
Kannst du das Lied verstehn?

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Confirmed with Emanuel Geibel, Gedichte, Vierte Auflage, Berlin: Verlag von Alexander Duncker, 1845, page 63.

¹ C. Schumann: "Die stille Lotusblume" or "Die stille Lotosblume"
² Lachner, Wegener-Koopman: "Die feuchten Blätter zittern"
³ Kücken: "singet"

Text Authorship:

• by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 9 [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 383 (5 Lieder für dreistimmigen Frauenchor mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 5, published 1870 [ three-part women's chorus and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 192 (5 Gesänge für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 2, published 1861 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 540 (Sechs zweistimmige Lieder mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 4, published 1878 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jan van Amerongen (b. 1938), "Die stille Wasserrose", 1982, from Honda Trio, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max Ast (1875 - 1964), "Die Wasserrose", op. 1 (7 Lieder) no. 2, published 1904 [ high voice and piano ], Wien: Ludwig Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
• by A. von Biegeleben , "Die Wasserrose", published 1882 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by John Böie (1822 - 1900), "Die stille Wasserose", op. 9 (Sechs Gedichte von E. Geibel) no. 3, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Böhme [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 30 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1868 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Adolf) Emil Büchner (1826 - 1908), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 18 (Fünf Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1858 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Nürnberg, Schmid [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Die Wasserrose", op. 23 no. 2, published 1847 [ voice and piano ], from 3 Gedichte von E. Geibel, no. 2, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Die stille Wasserrose steigt aus dem blauen See", op. 18 (Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Die Lotusblume", op. 1 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 3, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
• by Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 13 (5 Sange) no. 2 (1846) [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by K. Geibel , "Die stille Wasserrose", published 1858 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder von E. Geibel für mittlere Stimme, no. 5, Hamburg, Jowien [sung text not yet checked]
• by Walter von Goethe (1817 - 1885), "Der singende Schwan", op. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Eugen Gottlieb , "Die stille Wasserrose steigt aus dem blauen See", op. 2 no. 3, published 1900 [ tenor or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Fünf Nachtlieder für Tenor (oder Mezzo-Sopran) und Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Weinberger [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Schwanenlied", op. 39 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor)) no. 4, published 1851 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Harthan (1855 - 1936), "Die stille Lotosblume", op. 5 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Köln, P.J. Tonger [sung text not yet checked]
• by Albert Hermann , "Die Wasserrose", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Die Wasserrose", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1865 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Hill (1838 - 1902), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 14 (Zwei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1884 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Hinrichs , "Die Wasserrose", op. 6 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Marie Charlotte Henriette von Kehler (1822 - 1882), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte und Violoncello) no. 2, published 1890 [ medium voice, piano, cello ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 47 no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 134 (6 Lieder für Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1868 [ alto and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Die stille Wasserrose", S. 321 (1860) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by George W. Marston (1840 - 1901), "Die stille Wasserrose", published 1890 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Album für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 11, Leipzig, A.P. Schmidt [sung text not yet checked]
• by Marguerite Melville (1879 - 1935), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Millöcker , "Die stille Wasserrose", published 1875 [ soprano and piano ], from Drei Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Wien, Bösendorfer  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Proch (1809 - 1878), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 193 no. 1, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Spina [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 51 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2 (1849-50), published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Louis Rée (1861 - 1939), "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 18 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig-Reudnitz, Protze [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ludwig Riemann (1863 - 1927), "Die stille Wasserrose ", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1825 - 1904), "Die stille Wasserrose" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896), "Die stille Lotusblume", op. 13 no. 6, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Isidor Seiss (1840 - 1905), "Die Wasserrose", op. 14, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Seligmann , "Die Wasserrose", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Kahnt Nachfolger  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852 - 1916), "Die stille Wasserrose", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Erstes Lieder-Album, no. 5, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
• by K.F.L. Weber , "Die stille Wasserrose", op. 2 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig : Lichtenberger [sung text not yet checked]
• by Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (1874 - 1953), "Die stille Wasserrose", published 1909, from Acht Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Max Weydert , "Die Wasserrose", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Schöneberg-Berlin, Weydert [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Die Wasserrose", op. 77 no. 1, published 1889 [ satb chorus ], Leipzig: O. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rudolf Wurmb (1842 - 1907), "Die Wasserrose", op. 3 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Lilian Rebecca Clarke (1842 - 1921) , "The water-lily", appears in Exotics: Attempts To Domesticate Them ; composed by Arthur Foote.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Emma Coeckelbergh (1852 - 1921) ; composed by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel.
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• Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title ; composed by Frithiof Hertzman.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Wijtse Rodenburg) , "De stille waterlelie", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "The quiet lotus-blossom/water-rose", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La fleur de lotus immobile", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (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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Tyst hvilar vattenrosen, 
där på den blåa sjö;
Hon gungar sakta på vågen, 
dess kalk är livit som snö.

När månan ifrån himlen sänker 
sitt silfversken,
Hon dricker af dess strålar 
och blir så hvit, så ren

Och harpans toner klinga, 
och näcken sjunger sin sång.
Från djupet hörs hans klagan, 
att natten är så lånj.

Hans sång så sällsamt ljuder, 
och blomman lyss därpå:
>0, blomma, hvita blomma, 
kan du min sång försti?