Guarding the pearl within its shell

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by Karl Egon Ebert (1801 - 1882)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die Perle wahrend im Gehäuse

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Die Perle wahrend im Gehäuse,
Das seinen Schatz [umfangen]¹ hält,
So schifft die stille Muschel leise
Durch's tiefe Wogenmeer der Welt.

  Der Muschel gleichen meine Lieder,
Von [einer Thräne]² sind sie schwer,
Und leise zieh'n sie auf und nieder
Durch meiner Schmerzen tiefes Meer.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Lang • G. Schubert

G. Schubert sets stanza 2

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Confirmed with Meyer’s Groschen-Bibliothek der Deutschen Classiker für alle Stände ("Bildung macht frei!"), Volume 151, Ausgewählte Gedichte von Karl Egon Ebert, Hildburgshausen: Druck vom Bibliographischen Institut; New York: Herman J. Meyer, [1850], page 9

¹ Lang: "geborgen"
² G. Schubert: "meinen Thränen"

Text Authorship:

by Karl Egon Ebert (1801 - 1882), "Perle und Lied" [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 Hermann Finzenhagen (1825 - 1914), "Perle und Lied", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für Tenor (oder Sopran) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1849 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Perle und Lied", 1864, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Georgine Schubert (1840 - 1878), "Der Muschel gleichen meine Lieder", published 1880, stanza 2 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge, Erste Folge, no. 8, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

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Line count: 8
Word count: 44

Guarding the pearl within its shell

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Guarding the pearl within its shell
That [encloses its treasure]¹,
The silent mollusk softly rides
Through the deep ocean wave of the world.

  My songs are like the mollusk;
They are heavy with [a tear]².
And quietly they move up and down
Through the deep ocean of my pain.

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Translated titles:
"Perle und Lied" = "Pearl and song"
"Der Muschel gleichen meine Lieder" = "My songs are like the shell"
¹ Lang: "keeps its treasure safe"
² G. Schubert: "my tears"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Egon Ebert (1801 - 1882), "Perle und Lied"
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This text was added to the website: 2006-05-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 50