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Nimm du mein Schifflein, freundliche Wiege, Zwischen zwey Himmel rettend mich auf, Furche die Bläue und es besiege Tändelnde Wellen spielend dein Lauf. Sinket und steiget wechselnden Schlages Plätschernde Ruder, hüpfendes Herz! Ungleiche Kinder [selbigen]1 Tages, Schenket die Liebe, Freude [wie]2 Schmerz. Günstige Lüfte, treibet nach Morgen, Füllet die Segel, kräuselt die Fluth! [Weichet gen Abend]3, grämliche Sorgen! Lächle mir Hoffnung fröhlichen Muth! Gaukelnde Möven, bunte Libellen, Springende Fischlein folget der Fahrt! Glückliche wollen mir sich gesellen Seit ich von Herzen glücklicher ward. Feiert ihr Ruder, Segel hernieder! Lande nur sachte, gleitender Kahn! Fluthender Spiegel, siehst mich nicht wieder, Ebne des Schiffers schwindende Bahn.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von August Schumacher, Arolfen: Speyer'sche Buchhandlung, 1832, page 17.
1 Lang: "seligen"2 Lang: "und"
3 Lang: "Weichet, Abend"
Text Authorship:
- by August Schumacher (1790 - 1864), "Barkerole", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder [author's text checked 2 times 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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Barcarole", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1839), published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Friedrich Kistner [sung text checked 2 times]
- by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894), "Barcarole", op. 1 no. 2, published 1834 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], from Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Breslau, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Barcarole", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2006-12-11
Line count: 20
Word count: 108
Accepte, petit bateau, berceau bienveillant, Entre deux cieux de me sauver. Fais un sillon dans l'immensité bleue et vainc Les vagues badines qui jouent de ta marche. Elle descend et monte dans des coups alternés, La rame qui éclabousse, le cœur bondissant, Ce sont des enfants dissemblables que, les jours bénis, Nous donne l'amour : Joie et douleur ! Vents favorables, poussez vers le matin, Remplissez la voile, plissez les flots. Soir, fais céder les soucis moroses, Espoir, souris-moi, d'une humeur joyeuse. Des mouettes qui voltigent, des libellules pleines de couleurs, Un petit poisson qui saute, accompagnent mon voyage. Les gens heureux veulent se joindre à moi, Depuis que je suis devenu heureux au fond de mon cœur. Fêtez, rames, vers le bas les voiles, À terre seulement doucement, bateau qui glisse, Miroir des flots, tu ne me verras pas à nouveau, Aplanis le chemin qui s'efface du marin.
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Translation of title "Barcarole" = "Barcarolle"Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Schumacher (1790 - 1864), "Barkerole", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder
This text was added to the website: 2011-09-15
Line count: 20
Word count: 147