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

Heinrich Heine,
Lurleia

 

Heinrich Heine,
The Lorelei

 

Heinrich Heine,
The Lorelei

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

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