Curlew River, op. 71 "Look! While you were listening to my story ..." Songtext
von Benjamin Britten

Look! While you were listening to my story
We have reached the bank
Lower the sail!
Make haste there
All of you, come
Get ashore


And your river
Smoothly flowing
Between the lands of east and west
Dividing person from person
How can we man, ploy our ferryboat
Bring near and dearer person to person?
By chance or misfortune
Time, death, or misfortune
We parted asunder

I′ll remain here today
I cannot journey on today
Though I never knew the boy
I'll offer up a prayer for him

Though he never knew the boy
He′ll offer up a prayer for him

Come along there, you crazy soul
It's time to land
So get out of the boat
Come along there, get out of the boat
You must be soft-hearted
To weep at my story
To weep so bitterly
Make haste there, step ashore!