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by August Schumacher (1790 - 1864)

Nimm du mein Schifflein, freundliche...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE ITA
Nimm du mein Schifflein, freundliche Wiege,
  Zwischen zwey Himmel rettend mich auf,
Furche die Bläue und es besiege
  Tändelnde Wellen spielend dein Lauf.

Sinket und steiget wechselnden Schlages
  Plätschernde Ruder, hüpfendes Herz!
Ungleiche Kinder [selbigen]1 Tages,
  Schenket die Liebe, Freude [wie]2 Schmerz.

Günstige Lüfte, treibet nach Morgen,
  Füllet die Segel, kräuselt die Fluth!
[Weichet gen Abend]3, grämliche Sorgen!
  Lächle mir Hoffnung fröhlichen Muth!

Gaukelnde Möven, bunte Libellen,
  Springende Fischlein folget der Fahrt!
Glückliche wollen mir sich gesellen
  Seit ich von Herzen glücklicher ward.

Feiert ihr Ruder, Segel hernieder!
  Lande nur sachte, gleitender Kahn!
Fluthender Spiegel, siehst mich nicht wieder,
  Ebne des Schiffers schwindende Bahn.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Lang 

About the headline (FAQ)

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Confirmed with Gedichte von August Schumacher, Arolfen: Speyer'sche Buchhandlung, 1832, page 17.

1 Lang: "seligen"
2 Lang: "und"
3 Lang: "Weichet, Abend"

Text Authorship:

  • by August Schumacher (1790 - 1864), "Barkerole", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder [author's text checked 2 times 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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Barcarole", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1839), published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Friedrich Kistner [sung text checked 2 times]
  • by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894), "Barcarole", op. 1 no. 2, published 1834 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], from Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Breslau, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Barcarole", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2006-12-11
Line count: 20
Word count: 108

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