What are the English lyrics to Schubert's 'The Trout'?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Oh, dude, you want the English lyrics to Schubert's 'The Trout'? Well, it's actually a poem by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, not Franz Schubert. The poem talks about a trout swimming in a brook, but if you're looking for the translated lyrics, it's all about the fishy life and the joys of swimming in the water. Like, it's a whole vibe, man.

Answer 3

Well honey, Schubert's "The Trout" is actually a German Lied, so the original lyrics are in German. But if you're looking for an English translation, it's about a fish swimming happily in a brook until it gets caught by a sneaky fisherman. So basically, it's a cautionary tale for all the fish out there - watch out for those fishermen!

Answer 4

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!

Answer 5

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!

Answer 6

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.

Answer 7

THE TROUT

Answer 8

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