When I was sailing on the Euphrates | When I was sailing on the Euphrates

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possibly by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) and possibly by Marianne von Willemer (1784 - 1860)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA

Suleika:
 Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte,
 Streifte sich der goldne Ring 
 Finger ab, in Wasserklüfte,
 Den ich jüngst von dir empfing.
 
 Also träumt ich. Morgenröte
 Blitzt' ins Auge durch den Baum,
 Sag, Poete, sag, Prophete!
 Was bedeutet dieser Traum?

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Text Authorship:

possibly by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 8. Buch Suleika -- Suleika Nameh [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
possibly by Marianne von Willemer (1784 - 1860), no title, written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 8. Buch Suleika -- Suleika Nameh [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 Konrad Heubner (1860 - 1905), "Suleikas Traum", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1883 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte", 1888, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 41, Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Johanna Kinkel, née Mockel (1810 - 1858), "Traumdeutung", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1839, note: the text consists of stanza 1 of "Als ich auf dem Euphrat schiffte" followed by the first two stanzas of "Dies zu deuten bin erbötig!"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "When I was sailing on the Euphrates", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Catherine Beloin) , "Alors que je naviguais sur l'Euphrate", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Viaggiavo in nave sul fiume Eufrate", copyright © 2011, (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: 9
Word count: 40

When I was sailing on the Euphrates

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Suleika:
 When I was sailing on the Euphrates,
 the golden ring slid off 
 my finger into the watery abyss -
 the ring that I received from you recently.
 
 Thus I dreamed. The red dawn
 blazed into my eyes down through the trees;
 tell me, poet, tell me, prophet!
 What does this dream mean?

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) possibly by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) and possibly by Marianne von Willemer (1784 - 1860)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 52