by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Ich stand gelehnet an den Mast
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich stand gelehnet an den Mast, Und zählte jede Welle. [Ade!]1 mein schönes Vaterland! Mein Schiff, das segelt schnelle! Ich [kam schön]2 Liebchens Haus vorbei, Die Fensterscheiben blinken; Ich [guck']3 mir fast die Augen aus, Doch [will mir niemand]4 winken. Ihr Tränen, bleibt mir aus dem Aug', Daß ich nicht dunkel sehe. [Mein krankes]5 Herze brich mir nicht Vor [allzugroßem]6 Wehe.
F. Kücken sets stanzas 1-2
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Lachner: "Leb wohl"
2 Hensel: "geh' bei"
3 Lachner: "schau"
4 Hensel: "niemand will mir"
5 Hensel, Pfitzner: "Du armes"
6 Hensel: "übergroßem"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Wasserfahrt", appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Romanzen, no. 14 [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 Al. Arlet , "Wasserfahrt" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kurt Börner (b. 1877), "Wasserfahrt", op. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jeannette Antonie Bürde, née Milder (c1799 - 1875), "Wasserfahrt", op. 51 (Drei deutsche Gesänge und Lieder ) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Aloys Theodor Commer (1813 - 1887), "Ich stand gelehnet an den Mast", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1852 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Stuttgart, Göpel [sung text not yet checked]
- by R. de Cuvry , "Wasserfahrt", op. 4 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Dessauer (1798 - 1876), "Wasserfahrt", op. 14 (Sechs Gesänge für eine Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Wasserfahrt", 1876 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Wasserfahrt", op. 48 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3 (1878), published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ossip (or Iosef) Salomonovich Gabrilovich (1878 - 1936), "Wasserfahrt", op. 10 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Friedrich Grimmer (1798 - 1850), "Wasserfahrt", op. 5 (Acht Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 6, published 1831 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Hartung (1864 - 1930), "Wasserfahrt", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Rothe  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Wasserfahrt" [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos a cappella ], from Three Duets on Texts by Heinrich Heine, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Adolph Hölzel (1813 - 1883), "Wasserfahrt", op. 73 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marianne Klage (1822 - ?), "Wasserfahrt", op. 1 no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by M. J. Kremer , "Wasserfahrt" [ voice and piano ], from Ausgewählte Lieder, no. 9, self-published, no date ; note: each song has a title page showing "M. J. Kremer" as the composer, but at the top of each song, it says "J. N. Kremer"  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Wasserfahrt", op. 31 (Zwei Gesänge für Bass oder Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published <<1863, stanzas 1-2 [ alto or bass and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Wasserfahrt", op. 33, Heft 2 no. 2, from Sängerfahrt : sechzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolph, Baron von Lauer-Münchhofen (1796 - 1874), "Wasserfahrt", op. 6 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Levinsohn (d. c1907), "Wasserfahrt", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by E. Lötz , "Wasserfahrt", from Zwei Gedichte von Heinrich Heine, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Maertens (b. 1819), "Wasserfahrt", from Lieder, Heft I, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898?), "Wasserfahrt", note: attribution questionable.  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Wasserfahrt", from Drei zweistimmige Volkslieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elise Müller (b. 1782), "Abschied", from Sechs Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Wasserfahrt", op. 22 no. 1, published 1878 [ medium voice and piano ], from Buch der Lieder. Zwölf Gedichte von Heine, no. 1, Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Nesvadba (1824 - 1876), "Wasserfahrt", op. 16 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Wasserfahrt", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für hohen Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 6 (1888/89), published 1894 [ high baritone and piano ], Berlin, Fürstner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Prokesch-Osten (1795 - 1876), "Wasserfahrt" [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) Wilhelm (Alb.) Rehfeld (b. 1836), "Wasserfahrt", op. 5 (Sechs Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Wasserfahrt" [ duet ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Samson , "Wasserfahrt", op. 6, Heft 2 no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Joseph Schütky (1817 - 1893), "Wasserfahrt", op. 11 (Lieder) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Siebmann , "Wasserfahrt", op. 40 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Emil Siegert (1838 - c1901), "Wasserfahrt", op. 97 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinrich August Siemers (1819 - 1876), "Wasserfahrt", op. 28 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Iván Simonyi , "Wasserfahrt", from Drei Lieder von H. Heine, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frantisek Zdenek Xavier Alois Skuhersky (1830 - 1892), "Wasserfahrt" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Stade (1817 - 1902), "Wasserfahrt", op. 4 (Vier [Fünf] Lieder von H. Heine) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tjerko Steenhuis (1840 - ?), "Wasserfahrt", op. 4 (Zwei Lieder von Heine) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "Wasserfahrt", op. 1 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 4, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules de Swert (1843 - 1891), "Wasserfahrt", op. 23 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Wasserfahrt", op. 27 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 11 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Twietmeyer , "Wasserfahrt", op. 8 (Acht Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Caroline Unger (1803 - 1877), as Caroline Sabatier-Ungher, "Wasserfahrt", published [c1864] [ voice and piano ], from Lieder, Mélodies et Stornelli, no. 39, Leipzig: C.G. Röder, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolph, Ritter von Vivenot (1807 - 1884), "Wasserfahrt", op. 5 (Drei Gedichte von Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Wichmann (1824 - 1905), "Wasserfahrt", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder von Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by François Sabatier (1818 - 1891) ; composed by Caroline Unger, as Caroline Sabatier-Ungher.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Op de boot", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I stood leaning against the mast", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "The voyage"
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Voyage en bateau", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Jakob Kellner
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 61