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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 remove
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 add

Heinrich Heine,
The Lorelei

 

Heinrich Heine,
Lorelay

 

Heinrich Heine,
Lurleia

 
translated by Mark Twain   translated by Hans-Georg Kaiser   translated by N. N. 01
 
An ancient legend of the Rhine        
 
I cannot divine what it meaneth,   Min kaptas malgaj' en la koro,   Ignoro, quid id sibi velit,
This haunting nameless pain:   pro kio tia trist'?   Tristissimus cur sim,
A tale of the bygone ages   Fabel' el antikva foro   Antiqui aevi fabellam
Keeps brooding through my brain:   ne lasas de mi kun persist'.   Cur saepe volverim.
 
The faint air cools in the gloaming,   Aere fridetas, trankvilas,   Vesperascit et frigescit,
And peaceful flows the Rhine,   malhelas jam la Rejn'.   Et Rhenus leniter it,
The thirsty summits are drinking   La monto surpinte brilas   Cacumen montis lucescit,
The sunset's flooding wine;   vespere en rava scen'.   Dum Phoebus occidit.
 
The loveliest maiden is sitting   Tre ĉarma feino sidas,   Sedet in summo montis
High-throned in yon blue air,   jen supre por ador';   Virgo pulcherrima,
Her golden jewels are shining,   la ora ornamo ridas;   Auro nitet gemma frontis,
She combs her golden hair;   ŝi kombas harojn el or'.   Se pectit auricoma.
 
She combs with comb that is golden,   Ŝi kombas per ora kombilo   Aureolo pectine pectit,
And sings a weird refrain   kaj kantas kun pasi';   Carmen canens procul,
That steeps in a deadly enchantment   mirigas min la elbrilo   Mirandum id habet modum
The listener's ravished brain:   kaj forto de l' melodi'.   Nec non virilem simul.
 
The doomed in his drifting shallop,   Ŝipisto ŝipeton gvidas,   In cymba navitam mille
Is tranced with the sad sweet tone,   lin kaptas ve' de ekzalt'.   Angores feri tenent,
He sees not the yawing breakers,   Li ja la rifojn ne vidas',   Non videt scopulos ille,
He sees but the maid alone:   li vidas nur supren sen halt'.   Ocli non si sursum vident.
 
The pitiless billwos engulf him!-   Mi kredas, ke ondoj tiras   Opinor undas devorare
So perish sailor and bark;   la ŝipon funden de l' Rejn';   Nautam cum navicula,
And this, with her baleful singing,   kaj tio de l' kant' eliras   Effecit solo canendo
Is the Lorelei's gruesome work.   de Lorelaj-siren'.   Lurleia id dea.
 
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 Esperanto by
Hans-Georg Kaiser (Cezar, *1954-05-21).

 
  Translation of the German poem "Die Lorelei"
by Heinrich Heine (*1797-12-13 -
†1856-02-17) into Latin by N. N.
01.