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by Karl Egon Ebert (1801 - 1882)

Die Perle wahrend im Gehäuse
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Die Perle wahrend im Gehäuse,
Das seinen Schatz [umfangen]1 hält,
So schifft die stille Muschel leise
Durch's tiefe Wogenmeer der Welt.

  Der Muschel gleichen meine Lieder,
Von [einer Thräne]2 sind sie schwer,
Und leise zieh'n sie auf und nieder
Durch meiner Schmerzen tiefes Meer.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Lang •   G. Schubert 

G. Schubert sets stanza 2

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Confirmed with Meyer’s Groschen-Bibliothek der Deutschen Classiker für alle Stände ("Bildung macht frei!"), Volume 151, Ausgewählte Gedichte von Karl Egon Ebert, Hildburgshausen: Druck vom Bibliographischen Institut; New York: Herman J. Meyer, [1850], page 9

1 Lang: "geborgen"
2 G. Schubert: "meinen Thränen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Egon Ebert (1801 - 1882), "Perle und Lied" [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 Hermann Finzenhagen (1825 - 1914), "Perle und Lied", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für Tenor (oder Sopran) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1849 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Perle und Lied", 1864, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Georgine Schubert (1840 - 1878), "Der Muschel gleichen meine Lieder", published 1880, stanza 2 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge, Erste Folge, no. 8, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 47

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