In volle zee, daar is een bal, een gouden | In volle zee, daar is een bal, een gouden

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Der Goldball im Meere

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG ENG FRE

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In Meeres Mitten ist ein Ball von Golde,
Es streitet drum der Türke mit dem Christen.
Wem wird zuletzt der edle Schatz zu Solde?

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Der Goldball im Meere", written 1817, appears in Ritornelle, in 5. Die Ritornelle von Ariccia, Auswahl aus den an Ort und Stelle gesammelten, no. 66 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "In Meeres Mitten", op. 91 (Romanzen für Frauenstimmen (Heft 2)) no. 6 (1849), published 1851 [ vocal sextet of 3 sopranos and 3 altos with piano ], Bonn, Simrock
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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "In volle zee, daar is een bal, een gouden", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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In volle zee, daar is een bal, een gouden

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

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In volle zee, daar is een bal, een gouden;
Daar vechten om de Turken en christ'nen.
Wie zal op 't eind de eed'le schat behouden?

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Der Goldball im Meere", written 1817, appears in Ritornelle, in 5. Die Ritornelle von Ariccia, Auswahl aus den an Ort und Stelle gesammelten, no. 66
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This text was added to the website: 2013-02-12
Line count: 3
Word count: 25