Traurig schau' ich von der Klippe
Auf die Flut, die uns getrennt,
Und mit Inbrunst fleht die Lippe:
Schone seiner, Element!
 
  Furcht ist meiner Seele Meister,
Ach! und Hoffnung schwindet schier;
Nur im Traume bringen Geister
[Kunde vom Geliebten]1 mir.
 
  Die ihr, fröhliche Genossen,
Gold'ner Tag', in Lust und [Scherz]2,
Kummerthränen nie vergossen,
Ach, ihr kennt nicht meinen Schmerz!
 
  Sei mir mild, o nächt'ge Stunde!
[Schlummer zieh' den Vorhang vor!]3
Holde Geister, flüstert Kunde
Vom Geliebten [mir in's Ohr!]4

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Confirmed with Robert Burn's Gedichte deutsch von W. Gerhard, Leipzig: Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth, 1840, page 94

¹ C. Schumann: "vom Geliebten Kunde"
² Incorrectly given as "Schmerz" in the Breitkopf & Härtel edition of Clara Schumann’s songs published in the early 1990s.
³ C. Schumann: "Auf das Auge senke Ruh"
⁴ C. Schumann: " dann mir zu."

Authorship

• by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Sehnsucht am Strande" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on

• a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Musing on the Roaring Ocean"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Carl August Krebs (1804 - 1880), "Sehnsucht am Strande", op. 71, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Clara Schumann, née Wieck (1819 - 1896), "Am Strande", 1840, published 1841 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Aïda Raurell) , "A la riba", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Aïda Raurell) , "En la orilla", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 80

Desde la orilla del acantilado,
tristemente contemplo la marea que nos separa,
Y con fervor mis labios imploran,
¡calmaos, elementos!
    
El miedo se apodera de mi alma,
ah, y la esperanza desaparece;
Sólo en sueños, los espíritus me traen
nuevas noticias de mi amado.
   
Vosotros, alegres compañeros --
Días dorados de alegría y dolor,
afligidas lágrimas nunca olvidadas,
-ah, ¡vosotros no conocéis mi dolor!
 
Sed buenas conmigo, o horas nocturnas,
sobre mis ojos descansan
dulces espíritus que me susurran
nuevas noticias de mi amado.
 
Descansan dulces espíritus que me susurran
nuevas noticias de mi amado.
De mi amado.