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by Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Enslin (1819 - 1875)

O Freude, o Wonne
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
O Freude, o Wonne,
wie scheinet die Sonne
in wärmender Glut!
Es säuseln die Winde
so leis' und so linde,
hinein in die Flut!

Hinunter gesprungen
und mutig gedrungen
ins Wellengewühl!
Wir kommen gezogen
auf schäumenden Wogen,
auf schwebendem Pfühl.

Wir rudern und ringen,
die Flut zu bezwingen,
wohl sicher und kühn!
Es fürchtet ja nimmer
ein rüstiger Schwimmer
Gefahren und Mühn.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Enslin (1819 - 1875), "Schwimmerlust", appears in [Lebensfrühling.] Gedichte für die Jugend [author's text not yet checked 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 Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Der Schwimmer", 1850 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "The swimmer", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 62

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