i can remember only a small sample. i too learnt it at school...28yrs ago
As by a crystal brooklet I wandered on my way,
among the gentle ripples I spied a trout at play.
and here and there he darted , as swift as swift could be,
was never a fish so lively and frolicsome as he .
As by a crystal brooklet,
I wandered on my way
Among the gentle ripples
I spied a trout at play
As here and there he darted
As swift as swift could be
Was never fish so lively
Nor frolicsome as he.
Was never fish so lively
Nor frolicsome as he.
But skillful was the angler
With cruel delight
He sullied all the crystal water
And hid the fish from sight
Alas, by that deception
The fish, the enticing bait, sought out
And I was left lamenting
The fate of that poor trout.
And I was left lamenting
The fate of that poor trout.
The original lyrics are in German:
In einem Bächlein helle da shoß in froher Eil
Die launische Forelle vorüber wie ein Pfeil.
Ich stand an dem Gestade und sah in süßer Ruh
Des munstern Fischleins Bade im klaren Bächlein zu.
Ein Fischer mit der Rute wohl an dem Ufer stand
Und sah's mit kaltem Blute wie sich das Fishlein wand.
So lang dem Wasser helle, so dacht ich, nicht gebricht,
So fängt er die Forelle mit seiner Angel nicht.
Doch endlich ward dem Diebe die Zeit zu lang. Er macht
Das Bächlein tückish trübe, und eh ich es gedacht,
So zuckte seine Rute, das Fischlein zappelt dran,
Und ich mit regem Blute sah die Betrogne an.
Die ihr am goldenen Quelle der sicheren Jugend weilt,
Denkt doch an die Forelle, seht ihr Gefahr, so eilt!
Meist fehlt ihr nur aus Mangel der Klugheit, Mädchen, seht
Verführer mit der Angel! Sonst blutet ihr zu spät!
German lyrics In einem Bächlein helle,
Da schoß in froher Eil
Die launische Forelle
Vorüber wie ein Pfeil.
Ich stand an dem Gestade
Und sah in süßer Ruh
Des muntern Fischleins Bade
Im klaren Bächlein zu.
Ein Fischer mit der Rute
Wohl an dem Ufer stand,
Und sah's mit kaltem Blute,
Wie sich das Fischlein wand.
So lang dem Wasser Helle,
So dacht ich, nicht gebricht,
So fängt er die Forelle
Mit seiner Angel nicht.
Doch endlich ward dem Diebe
Die Zeit zu lang. Er macht
Das Bächlein tückisch trübe,
Und eh ich es gedacht,
So zuckte seine Rute,
Das Fischlein zappelt dran,
Und ich mit regem Blute
Sah die Betrogene an.
Die ihr am goldenen Quelle
Der sicheren Jugend weilt,
Denkt doch an die Forelle,
Seht ihr Gefahr, so eilt!
Meist fehlt ihr nur aus Mangel
der Klugheit, Mädchen, seht
Verführer mit der Angel!
Sonst blutet ihr zu spät!
English lyrics In a bright little brook
there shot in merry haste
a capricious trout:
past it shot like an arrow.
I stood upon the shore
and watched in sweet peace
the cheery fish's bath
in the clear little brook.
A fisher with his rod
stood at the water-side,
and watched with cold blood
as the fish swam about.
So long as the clearness of the water
remained intact, I thought,
he would not be able to capture the trout
with his fishing rod.
But finally the thief grew weary
of waiting. He stirred up
the brook and made it muddy,
and before I realized it,
his fishing rod was twitching:
the fish was squirming there,
and with raging blood I
gazed at the betrayed fish.
At the golden fountain
of youth, you linger so confidently;
But think of the trout,
and if you see danger, flee!
Mostly it is from lack
of cleverness that maidens
miss the angling seducers.
So beware! otherwise you may bleed too late!
The Trout song was written by Schubert in 1817. It is in modified strophic form. Later he rearranged the work for a piano quintet, which became one of his memorable masterpieces.
THE TROUT
I can’t Remember them all! I spied a trout at play
And here and there he darted as swift as swift could be
Was never fish so lively and frolicsome as he
Schubert.
Franz Schubert wrote The Erlking in his teenage years. It was written in 1815
Yes, you can get the English lyrics Videos also available on the site.
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I think Franz Schuberts most famous song was poof.
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Schubert.
Franz Schubert wrote The Erlking in his teenage years. It was written in 1815
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Yes, you can get the English lyrics Videos also available on the site.
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The cast of Schuberts Lieder - 1932 includes: Rolf Gert Martin Jacob Fritz Spira Richard Tauber Petra Unkel
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