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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani
Auf dem See
Language: German (Deutsch)
Und frische Nahrung, neues Blut Saug' ich aus freier Welt; Wie ist Natur so hold und gut, Die mich am Busen hält! Die Welle wieget unsern Kahn Im Rudertakt hinauf, Und Berge, wolkig himmelan, Begegnen unserm Lauf. Aug', mein Aug', was sinkst du nieder? Goldne Träume, [kommt]1 ihr wieder? Weg, du Traum! so Gold du bist; Hier auch Lieb' und Leben ist. Auf der Welle blinken Tausend schwebende Sterne, Weiche Nebel trinken Rings die thürmende Ferne; Morgenwind umflügelt Die beschattete Bucht, Und im See bespiegelt Sich die reifende Frucht.
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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 86; and with Goethe's Schriften, Achter Band, Leipzig, bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1789, pages 144-145.
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- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Auf dem See", written 1775, first published 1789 [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 Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Auf dem See", op. 15 (24 Lieder) no. 19 (1992-2004) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Claussen (1843 - 1869), "Auf dem See", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für S., A., T. und B.) no. 3, published 1878 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alphons Diepenbrock (1862 - 1921), "Auf dem See" [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886 - 1954), "Auf dem See", 1900 [ voice and piano ], unpublished ; manuscripts are in the Zurich Central Library [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Auf dem See", 1841 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Auf dem See", op. 20 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge) no. 5 (1894), published 1894 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Auf dem See", op. 80, Heft 1 no. 2 (1836) [ vocal quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Adolf Lorenz, Dr. (1837 - 1923), "Auf dem See", op. 41 no. 6, published 1877 [ SATB chorus or men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Auf dem See" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Auf dem See", op. 41 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass im Freien zu singen) no. 6 (1834?) [ SATB quartet ], stanzas 1-3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Auf dem See", 1799, published [1799] [ voice and piano ], in Lieder in Musik gesetzt, Dritte Sammlung, Zürich: vom Verlage des Verfassers, pages 30 - 34 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Auf dem See", 1794 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Riedel (1847 - 1913), "Auf dem See", op. 13 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Auf dem See", op. 92 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, D 543 (1817), published 1828 [ voice, piano ], M. J. Leidesdorf, VN 1014, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Auf dem See", op. 57 (Gedichte von Goethe: V) no. 3 (1815) [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Auf dem See", op. 3 no. 5 (1875) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892) ; composed by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En el llac", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Op het meer", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) (Rebecca Plack) , "On the lake", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sur le lac", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sul lago", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "På havet", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "En el lago", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 89
Sul lago
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)
Fresco alimento, sangue rinnovato, ricevo adesso da questo mondo aperto: come è bella e benigna la Natura, che sul suo seno mi trattiene! Le onde spingono la barca in avanti ad ogni colpo di remo, e, con le nuvole in cima,i monti sembrano venirci incontro. Occhi, occhi miei, perché vi abbassate? Sogni dorati, state nuovamente tornando? Dileguati sogno! Anche se dorato: anche qui c'è vita e amore. Sopra le onde brillano migliaia di tremule stelle, la morbida bruma inghiotte l'orizzonte che ci circonda; Aleggiano brezze mattutine sulla baia ancora in ombra, e nel lago si riflette il frutto che matura.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2008 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Auf dem See", written 1775, first published 1789
This text was added to the website: 2008-10-27
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Word count: 100