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In einem Bächlein helle, Da schoß in froher Eil Die launische Forelle Vorüber, wie ein Pfeil: Ich stand an dem Gestade, Und sah' in süsser Ruh Des muntern [Fisches]1 Bade Im klaren Bächlein zu. Ein Fischer mit der Ruthe Wol an dem Ufer stand, Und sah's mit kaltem Blute Wie sich das Fischlein wand. So lang dem Wasser Helle, So dacht' ich, nicht gebricht, So fängt er die Forelle Mit seiner Angel nicht. Doch [endlich]2 ward dem Diebe Die Zeit zu lang; er macht Das Bächlein tückisch trübe: Und eh' ich es gedacht, So zuckte seine Ruthe; Das Fischlein zappelt dran; Und ich, mit regem Blute, Sah die Betrogne an. [Ihr, die ihr noch am]3 Quelle Der sichern Jugend weilt, Denkt doch an die Forelle; Seht ihr Gefahr, so eilt! Meist fehlt ihr nur aus Mangel Der Klugheit; Mädchen, seht Verführer mit der Angel - Sonst blutet ihr zu spät.
F. Schubert sets stanzas 1-3
Confirmed with Chr. Daniel Friedrich Schubarts Gedichte aus dem Kerker. Mit allerhöchst-gnädist Kaiserl. Privilegio. Carlsruhe, bey Christian Gottlieb Schmieder 1785, pages 228-229; with Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubarts sämtliche Gedichte. Von ihm selbst herausgegeben. Zweiter Band. Stuttgart, in der Buchdruckerei der Herzoglichen Hohen Carlsschule, 1786, pages 139-140; and with Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart's Gedichte. Herausgegeben von seinem Sohne Ludwig Schubart. Zweyter Theil. Frankfurt am Main 1802, bey J. C. Hermann, pages 302-303.
Note: Schubert produced over the years four copies of Die Forelle, resulting in five slightly different versions. The third version, dedicated to Josef Hüttenbrenner and presumably written down from memory, has the final two lines (of stanza 3) differently:
Ich sah mit regem Blute Das arme Fischlein an.
Note: Schubart, who also set the poem himself, had an additional stanza between stanza 3 and 4 that he supressed in the printed edition:
So scheust auch manche Schöne Im vollen Strom der Zeit Und sieht nicht die Sirene Die ihr im Wirbel dräut. Sie folgt dem Drang der Liebe Und eh' sie sichs versieht So wird das Bächlein trübe Und ihre Unschuld flieht.1 Schubert: "Fischleins"
2 Schubart (1786 and 1802 editions): "plözlich"
3 Schubart (1786 and 1802 editions): "Die ihr am goldnen"
Text Authorship:
- by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739 - 1791), "Die Forelle", written 1782-83 [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 Friedrich August Baumbach (1753 - 1813), "Die Forelle" [ voice and piano ], from Lyrische Gedichte vermischten Inhalts mit Melodie zum Singen beim Klavier, no. 2, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739 - 1791), "Die Forelle", 1783 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Forelle", D 550 (1817?), stanzas 1-3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La truita", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "鱒魚", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De forel", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The trout", copyright ©
- ENG English (Walter Meyer) , "The Trout", copyright © 1995, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "The trout", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Daniel Platt) , "The trout", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Forelli", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La truite", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Η πέστροφα", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) (Antonio Zencovich) , "La trota", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "ます", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Lourdes Leon) , "La Trucha", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Xavier Rivera) , "La Trucha", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 149
澄んだ小川で 気まぐれなマスが 楽しげに生き生きと 矢のように泳いでいった 僕は川辺に立ち 穏やかにそれを眺めていた 元気な魚が 澄んだ小川を泳ぎ回るのを 一人の漁師が釣竿を持って 川辺に立っていた そして冷たい表情で 魚が泳ぐのを見ていた 僕は思った 水が澄んでいるうちは大丈夫だ マスが釣り針に かかることはないだろうと だが盗人はとうとう しびれを切らし 意地悪く小川を濁らせ 僕が考える間も無く 釣り針が動き 魚はビチビチと跳ねた そして僕は腹を立てながら 釣り上げられた魚を見つめていた [ ... ... ... ... ... ... ]
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739 - 1791), "Die Forelle", written 1782-83
This text was added to the website: 2025-04-24
Line count: 32
Word count: 26