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Mark Twain The Lorelei English Arg-11-2 2003-10-13 04:42 mgr only this remove
L. W. Garnham The Lorelei English Arg-14-2 2003-10-11 23:04 mgr only this remove
Paul Gottfried Christaller [Ne scias mi, kio okazis] Esperanto Arg-1116-2 2010-09-13 10:03 Manfred only this add
N. N. 01 Lurleia Latin Arg-179-2 2010-02-11 14:00 Manfred only this remove
Joachim Gießner Lorelejo Esperanto Arg-1115-2 2010-09-15 12:51 Manfred only this add
Leopold Elb Lorelej' Esperanto Arg-71-2 2005-02-03 19:06 Manfred only this add
Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof Lorelej Esperanto Arg-565-2 2009-10-30 16:15 mgr only this add
Hans-Georg Kaiser Lorelay Esperanto Arg-564-2 2005-02-03 19:18 Manfred only this add
Heinrich Heine * Die Lorelei German 1823 Arg-2-2 2014-04-23 18:09 Manfred only this add

Heinrich Heine,
Lurleia

 

Heinrich Heine,
The Lorelei

 

Heinrich Heine,
The Lorelei

 
translated by N. N. 01   translated by L. W. Garnham   translated by Mark Twain
 
        An ancient legend of the Rhine
 
Ignoro, quid id sibi velit,   I do not know what it signifies.   I cannot divine what it meaneth,
Tristissimus cur sim,   That I am so sorrowful?   This haunting nameless pain:
Antiqui aevi fabellam   A fable of old Times so terrifies,   A tale of the bygone ages
Cur saepe volverim.   Leaves my heart so thoughtful.   Keeps brooding through my brain:
 
Vesperascit et frigescit,   The air is cool and it darkens,   The faint air cools in the gloaming,
Et Rhenus leniter it,   And calmly flows the Rhine;   And peaceful flows the Rhine,
Cacumen montis lucescit,   The summit of the mountain hearkens   The thirsty summits are drinking
Dum Phoebus occidit.   In evening sunshine line.   The sunset's flooding wine;
 
Sedet in summo montis   The most beautiful Maiden entrances   The loveliest maiden is sitting
Virgo pulcherrima,   Above wonderfully there,   High-throned in yon blue air,
Auro nitet gemma frontis,   Her beautiful golden attire glances,   Her golden jewels are shining,
Se pectit auricoma.   She combs her golden hair.   She combs her golden hair;
 
Aureolo pectine pectit,   With golden comb so lustrous,   She combs with comb that is golden,
Carmen canens procul,   And thereby a song sings,   And sings a weird refrain
Mirandum id habet modum   It has a tone so wondrous,   That steeps in a deadly enchantment
Nec non virilem simul.   That powerful melody rings.   The listener's ravished brain:
 
In cymba navitam mille   The shipper in the little ship   The doomed in his drifting shallop,
Angores feri tenent,   It effects with woe sad might;   Is tranced with the sad sweet tone,
Non videt scopulos ille,   He does not see the rocky slip,   He sees not the yawing breakers,
Ocli non si sursum vident.   He only regards dreaded height.   He sees but the maid alone:
 
Opinor undas devorare   I believe the turbulent waves   The pitiless billwos engulf him!-
Nautam cum navicula,   Swallow the last shipper and boat;   So perish sailor and bark;
Effecit solo canendo   She with her singing craves   And this, with her baleful singing,
Lurleia id dea.   All to visit her magic moat.   Is the Lorelei's gruesome work.
 
Translation of the German poem "Die Lorelei"
by Heinrich Heine (*1797-12-13 -
†1856-02-17) into Latin by N. N.
01.

 
  Translation of the German poem "Die Lorelei"
by Heinrich Heine (*1797-12-13 -
†1856-02-17) into English by L. W.
Garnham.

L.W. Garnham, Bachelor of Arts, LEGENDS
OF THE RHINE;
mentioned in: A Tramp Abroad. Vol 1-2.
Leibzig: Tauchnitz, 1880 Band I, Mark
Twain 1880
  Translation of the German poem "Die Lorelei"
by Heinrich Heine (*1797-12-13 -
†1856-02-17) into English by Mark
Twain.

A Tramp Abroad. Vol 1-2. Leibzig: Tauchnitz,
1880 Band I, Mark Twain 1880
(rf. http://www.loreley.com/loreley/marctwai.htm)