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by (Johann Sebastian) Wilhelm Kilzer (1799 - 1844)

Es fahren die Schiffer
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es fahren die Schiffer 
Auf schimmernder Bahn,
Sie lenken und führen 
Nach Willen den Kahn.

Sie fahren und singen 
Manch liebliches Lied,
Bis spät an den Bergen 
Der Abend verglüht.

Nur einer ist drunter, 
Der sinnet und schweigt, 
Der ist nun und nimmer
Zum singen geneigt.

Ihn lockte ein Sternbild
Ins Leben hinaus,
Das ist ihm verschwunden
In nächtigen Graus.

Den Kahn lässt er fahren,
Seitdem es verblich.
Der Stern ist die Liebe,
Der Schiffer bin ich!

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Text Authorship:

  • by (Johann Sebastian) Wilhelm Kilzer (1799 - 1844) [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 Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Der Stern ist die Liebe", op. 50 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3 (1879), published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by F. C. (Ferdinand Carl) Füchs (1811 - 1848), "Schifferlied", published 1855 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Witzendorf [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Josef Staudigl (1807 - 1861), "Schiffer-Lied" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Sigismund Thalberg (1812 - 1871), "Der Schiffer" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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