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[Harrt ein Fischer]1 auf der Brücke Die Geliebte säumt, Schmollend taucht er seine Blicke In den Bach - und träumt. Doch die lauscht im nahen Flieder, Und ihr Bildchen strahlt Jetzt aus klaren Wellen [wieder]2, Treuer nie gemahlt. [Und der Fischer kennt die Bänder]3, Kennt den süssen Schein: Und er hält sich am Geländer Sonst - zieht's ihn hinein!
Confirmed with Dichtungen vom Freyherrn Franz von Schlechta. Erster Band. Wien, 1824. Im v. Hirschfeld'schen Verlage, page 90.
Note: This is the second version of Schlechta's poem, published 1824 in his collected poems. When Schubert created his second version of Widerschein in 1828, he received a modified text from Schlechta, based on this text, but with a different first line, which Schlechta kept in his third and substantially modified version, published in 1876. For the first and the third version of Schlechta's text see below.
Note: in the repetition, Schubert reverts stanza 3, line 1 back to the original first line, "Und der Fischer kennt die Bänder".
1 Schubert: "Tom lehnt harrend"2 Schubert: "wider"
3 Schubert: "Und er sieht's! Und er kennt die Bänder"
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Xaver Freiherr von Schlechta (1796 - 1875), "Widerschein" [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Widerschein", D 949 (1828), published 1832 [ voice, piano ], A.Diabelli & Co., VN 4015, Wien (Nachlaß-Lieferung 15). note: D. 949 has been removed and included as the second version in D. 639 [sung text checked 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Franz Peter Schubert.
Another version of this text exists in the database.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Reflex", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Weerschijn", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Reflection", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Reflets", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Pupillo) (Claretta Manara) , "Riflessi", copyright ©, (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: 12
Word count: 57
Un pêcheur attend sur le pont, Sa bien-aimée est en retard. En boudant, il plonge les yeux Dans la rivière et rêve. Mais elle est cachée dans les lilas proches, Et son image brille Maintenant sur les vagues claires, Jamais peinte plus fidèlement. Et il la voit ! et le pêcheur reconnaît les formes, Il reconnaît la douce apparence, Et il se tient à la rambarde, Sinon il serait attiré par elle.
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 Franz Xaver Freiherr von Schlechta (1796 - 1875), "Widerschein"
This text was added to the website: 2011-11-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 71