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Mitten im Schimmer der spiegelnden Wellen Gleitet, wie Schwäne, der wankende Kahn; Ach, auf der Freude sanftschimmernden Wellen Gleitet die Seele dahin wie der Kahn; Denn von dem Himmel herab auf die Wellen Tanzet das Abendroth rund um den Kahn. Ueber den Wipfeln des westlichen Haines Winket uns freundlich der röthliche Schein; Unter den Zweigen des östlichen Haines Säuselt der Kalmus im röthlichen Schein; Freude des Himmels und Ruhe des Haines Athmet die Seel' im erröthenden Schein. Ach, es entschwindet mit thauigem Flügel Mir auf den wiegenden Wellen die Zeit. Morgen [entschwinde]1 mit [schimmerndem]2 Flügel Wieder wie gestern und heute die Zeit, Bis ich auf höherem strahlenden Flügel Selber entschwinde der wechselnden Zeit.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte der Brüder Christian und Friedrich Leopold Grafen zu Stolberg. Erster Theil. Wien, 1821. Im Verlage bei J.B. Wallishausser. Hamburg, bei Perthes und Besser, pages 319-320; and with Musen Almanach für 1783 Herausgegeben von Voß und Goeking. Hamburg bei Carl Ernst Bohn, pages 168-169.
1 Schubert: "entschwindet"2 Stolberg (1821 print): "schimmernden", apparently misprint
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750 - 1819), "Lied auf dem Wasser zu singen", subtitle: "Für meine Agnes", written 1782, first published 1783 [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 Anton Diabelli (1781 - 1858), "Lied auf dem Wasser zu singen" [ soprano, csakan, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Wenzeslaus Kalliwoda (1801 - 1866), "Lied auf dem Wasser zu singen", op. 192 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 4 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Bedřich Kittl (1806 - 1868), "Lied auf dem Wasser zu singen", op. 4 no. 3 (183-?) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Ludwig Æmelius Kunzen (1761 - 1817), "Auf dem Wasser zu singen", published 1788 [ voice and piano or harpsichord ], from Weisen und lyrische Gesänge, no. 12, Flensburg und Leipzig: Korten'sche Buchhandlung, also set in Danish (Dansk) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Müller (1830 - 1905), "Auf dem Wasser zu singen", op. 14 (6 Lieder für S., A., T. und B. ) no. 1, published 1862 [ SATB quartet ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Nürnberg (1831 - 1894), "Lied auf dem Wasser zu singen", op. 2 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Auf dem Wasser zu singen", op. 72, D 774 (1823), published 1823 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Knud Lyne Rahbek (1760 - 1830) , "Rovise" ; composed by Friedrich Ludwig Æmelius Kunzen.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Op het water te zingen", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Geart van der Meer) , "Op het water te zingen", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Lynn Thompson) , "In the middle of the shimmer of the reflecting waves", copyright © 1997, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "To sing on the water", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRI Frisian (Geart van der Meer) , "Op it wetter te sjongen", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Da cantare sull'acqua", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Paulo Albuquerque de Noronha) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , 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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Au milieu de l'éclat des vagues miroitantes Glisse, comme un cygne, le bateau en se balançant : Hélas, sur les vagues brillantes et douces de la joie Glisse là l'âme comme le bateau ; Alors du ciel sur les vagues Danse le coucher du soleil tout autour du bateau. Au-dessus de la cime des arbres du bosquet à l'ouest L'éclat rouge nous fait gentiment des signes ; Sous les branches du bosquet à l'est Murmurent les acores dans l'éclat rouge ; La joie du ciel et la paix du bosquet Est respirée par l'âme dans la clarté rougeoyante. Hélas, avec ses ailes humides de rosée s'envole Le temps loin de moi sur les vagues qui se balancent. Demain avec des ailes éclatantes disparaîtra Au loin comme hier et aujourd'hui le temps. Jusqu'à ce que sur une aile plus haute et rayonnante Moi-même j'échappe au temps changeant.
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Translation of title "Auf dem Wasser zu singen" = "À chanter sur l'eau"Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750 - 1819), "Lied auf dem Wasser zu singen", subtitle: "Für meine Agnes", written 1782, first published 1783
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-28
Line count: 18
Word count: 142