by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826 - 1911)
Am Flusse
Language: German (Deutsch)
Verfließet, vielgeliebte Lieder, Zum Meere der Vergessenheit! Kein [Knabe]1 sing' entzückt euch wieder, Kein [Mädchen]2 in der Blütenzeit. Ihr sanget nur [von]3 meiner Lieben; Nun spricht sie meiner Treue Hohn. Ihr wart ins Wasser eingeschrieben; So fließt denn auch mit ihm davon.
G. Gerson sets stanza 1
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 68, and with Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1799, herausgegeben von Schiller. Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaischen Buchhandlung, page 231.
First published 1799 in Schiller's Musen-Almanach with the title "An meine Lieder" and with "Justus Amman" as the author's name.
1 Goethe's first edition: "Mädchen"2 Goethe's first edition: "Jüngling"
3 Goethe's first edition: "zu"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Am Flusse", written 1768-9, first published 1799 [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 Catharina Baum (d. 1876), "Am Flusse", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf deutsche Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franciscus (or Franz) Wilhelmus Bouman (1866 - 1896), "Am Flusse", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Rotterdam, Alsbach & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Dakon , "Am Flusse", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Gerson (1790 - 1825), "Am Flusse ", G. 114 (1817), stanza 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791 - 1874), "Am Flusse", published c1830, from Sechs Lieder von Goethe, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Am Flusse", op. 22 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 6, published 1835 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf et Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Am Flusse", H-U 204 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl August Heymann-Rheineck (1854 - 1922), "Am Flusse", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "Am Flusse", op. 81 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1887 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Am Flusse", 1904 [ voice, lute, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Am Flusse", published 1809 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Am Flusse", D 160 (1815), published 1894 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Am Flusse", D 766 (1822), published 1872 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter Schulthess (1894 - 1971), "Am Flusse" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Am Flusse", op. 55 (Gedichte von Goethe: III) no. 3 (1815?) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Manfred Trojahn (b. 1949), "Am flusse" [ voice and piano ], from 4 Goethe Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugen de Westh , "Am Flusse", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 1, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Al riu", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "在河边", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Bij de rivier", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "By the river", copyright ©
- ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "By the river", first published 1853
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au bord du fleuve", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sul fiume", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 45
By the river
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Flow on, ye lays so loved, so fair, On to Oblivion's ocean flow! May no rapt boy recall you e'er, No maiden in her beauty's glow! My love alone was then your theme, But now she scorns my passion true. Ye were but written in the stream; As it flows on, then, flow ye too!
Text Authorship:
- by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826 - 1911), "By the river", first published 1853 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Am Flusse", written 1768-9, first published 1799
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 55