Ein endlos breites Schweigen Fällt durch die Nacht wie steinern Schnee Und aus der unermessnen Flucht der See Die Fische [in das Dunkel]1 steigen. Sie singen eine Weise Dreitönig kaum. Danach zuckt eigensam der Raum. Danach legt sich in Sand die [Woge]2 leise. Und wenige, die es hören, Wissen: die Nacht ist wunderbar; Den vielen andern wird dies nimmer klar. Das [ists]3 warum sie sich empören.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Hellmut Draws-Tychsen, Mein Westpreußenland: ein Cyclus Heimatlieder, Danzig: Danziger Verlags-Gesellschaft, 1929, page 11.
1 Gessinger: "aus dem Dunkel"; when the text is repeated at the end of the song: "aus dem Dunkeln"2 Gessinger: "Welle"
3 Gessinger: "ist' "
Authorship:
- by Hellmut Draws-Tychsen (1904 - 1973), "Die Fische singen", written 1926, appears in Mein Westpreußenland: ein Cyclus Heimatlieder [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 Julius Gessinger (1899 - 1986), "Die Fische singen", op. 40, Heft 1 no. 3 (c1939), published 1965 [ baritone and piano ], Schwäbisch-Hall: Musikverlag Schwäbisch-Hall [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The fish are singing", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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