Sie
 Es rauschet das Wasser
 Und bleibet nicht stehn;
 Gar lustig die Sterne
 Am Himmel hin gehn;
 Gar lustig die Wolken
 Am Himmel hin ziehn;
 So rauschet die Liebe
 Und fähret dahin.

Er
 Es rauschen die Wasser, 
 Die Wolken [vergeh'n]1;
 Doch bleiben die Sterne, 
 Sie wandeln und [steh'n]2.
 So auch mit der Liebe, 
 [Der treuen, geschicht]3,
 Sie wegt sich, sie regt sich,
 Und ändert sich nicht.

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¹ Brahms: "zergehn"
² Brahms: "gehn"
³ in some editions of Goethe, "Der Treuen, geschieht"

Authorship

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Jery und Bätely [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 Reinhold Becker (1842 - 1924), "Es rauschet das Wasser", op. 64 (Drei Duette für Sopran und Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1892 [ vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Es rauschet das Wasser", op. 28 (Vier Duette für Alt und Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 3 (1862), published 1864 [ vocal duet for alto and baritone with piano ], Wien, Spina [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Charles John Hargitt (1833 - 1918), "Es rauschet das Wasser", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott  [sung text not yet checked]

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

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het water wil stromen", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The water rushes", copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "L'eau murmure", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

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