By the lake | Plunge your white wings

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by Anna Antonia Amadei, Gräfin, née Rosty von Barkocz (1828 - 1927)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Am See

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Tauche deine weissen Flügel,
Möve, in den See hinab.
Spähe, mit den scharfen Augen 
In das dunkle Wellengrab.
Was dort in der Tiefe schlummert,
Wecke nicht, hab' gute Wacht!
Meine tote Liebe ist es, 
Die ich da zur Ruh' gebracht.

Text Authorship:

by Anna Antonia Amadei, Gräfin, née Rosty von Barkocz (1828 - 1927) [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 Albert Felix, Graf Amadei (1851 - 1894), "Am See", op. 16 ([Sechs] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
by Mathilde, Baroness Willy de Rothschild (1832 - 1924), "Am See" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "By the lake", copyright © 2012

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This text was added to the website: 2012-11-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

By the lake

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Plunge your white wings
in the lake, sea-gull.
Peer with your sharp eyes
into the dark tomb of waves.
What slumbers there in the depths,
do not awaken - take care!
It is my dead love,
which I have there laid to rest.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2012 by Emily Ezust
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna Antonia Amadei, Gräfin, née Rosty von Barkocz (1828 - 1927)
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This text was added to the website: 2012-11-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 42