Am Meer | Das Meer erglänzte weit hinaus

Das Meer erglänzte weit hinaus

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE GRE ITA KOR LIT NOR SPA SPA

Das Meer erglänzte weit hinaus,
Im letzten Abendscheine;
Wir saßen am einsamen Fischerhaus,
Wir saßen stumm und alleine.

Der Nebel stieg, das Wasser schwoll,
Die Möve flog hin und wieder;
Aus deinen Augen, liebevoll,
Fielen die Thränen nieder.

Ich sah sie fallen auf deine Hand,
Und bin auf's Knie gesunken;
Ich hab' von deiner weißen Hand
Die Thränen fortgetrunken.

Seit jener Stunde verzehrt sich mein Leib,
Die Seele stirbt vor Sehnen; -
Mich hat das unglückseel'ge Weib
Vergiftet mit ihren Thränen.

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Confirmed with Buch der Lieder von H. Heine. Hamburg bei Hoffmann und Campe. 1827, page 193; and with Reisebilder von H. Heine. Erster Theil. Hamburg, bey Hoffmann und Campe. 1826, page 19.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, written 1823-24, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 14, first published 1826 [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 György Bánffy , "Am Meere", from Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Am Meer", H. 73 (1866) [sung text not yet checked]
by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Das Meer erglänzte", 1838 [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Huth (b. 1892), "Am Meer", op. 14 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Das Meer erglänzte weit hinaus", op. 40 (Vier Gedichte von H. Heine) no. 4, published 1846 [ low soprano or baritone and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
by Oscar Merz (1830 - 1904), "Das Meer erglänzte weit hinaus", published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 3, München, Schmid [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand Möhring (1816 - 1887), "Am Meer", op. 15 (Sechs Gesänge für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1845 [ soprano and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Theobald Petschke (1806 - 1888), "Am Meer", op. 9 (Drei Gesänge) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Proch (1809 - 1878), "Am Meere", op. 176, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Spina [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Am Meer", D 957 no. 12 (1828), published 1829 [ voice and piano ], from Schwanengesang, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Th. Trendelenburg , "Am Meer", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder von H. Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Die vergifteten Tränen", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
by Gotthard Wöhler (1818 - 1888), "Am Meer", op. 7 (An der See : Dichtungen von H. Heine, als Fantasiestücke), Heft 1 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Nikolai Petrovich Rakov.
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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , no title ; composed by Pavel Semyonovich Makarov.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The sea sparkled out in the distance", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
POL Polish (Polski) (Stanisław Budziński) , no title, first published 1886

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

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
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Word count: 80