The Roman fountain | High climbs the jet and, falling, fills

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by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898)

Translation © by Walter A. Aue

Der römische Brunnen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Aufsteigt der Strahl und fallend gießt
Er voll der Marmorschalen Rund,
Die sich verschleiernd, überfließt
In einer zweiten Schale Grund;
Die zweite gibt, sie wird zu reich,
Der Dritten wallend ihre Flut,
Und jene nimmt und gibt zugleich,
Und strömt und ruht.

Text Authorship:

by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Der römische Brunnen" [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 Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Der römische Brunnen", op. 22, Heft 2 (Chor-Duette nach Gedichten von C. F. Meyer) no. 6 (1928) [ mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Kristin De Smedt (b. 1959), "Der römische Brunnen", 2002 [ mixed chorus ], from Stimmungen, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Der römische Brunnen", op. 37 (Drei Gesänge) no. 1, published 1932, first performed 1931 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig [sung text checked 1 time]
by Dietrich Manicke (b. 1923), "Der römische Brunnen", 1994, from Drei Gesänge nach Texten von Goethe und Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Der römische Brunnen", op. 60 no. 14 (1946) [ medium voice and piano ], from Das stille Leuchten: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, no. 14, Wien: Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English [singable] (Henry Sandwith Drinker, Jr.) , "The Roman fountain"
ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "The Roman fountain", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La fontaine romaine", copyright © 2011, (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.
Line count: 8
Word count: 42

The Roman fountain

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

High climbs the jet and, falling, fills
up to the brim the marble rounds
that overflow in veils and frills,
into a second basin's grounds;
the second, now too rich, forsakes
its waves and on the third one spills
and equally it gives and takes
and stirs and stills.

Text Authorship:

Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2010 by Walter A. Aue, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Der römische Brunnen"
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 49