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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 add
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 remove

Heinrich Heine,
The Lorelei

 

Heinrich Heine,
Die Lorelei

 

Heinrich Heine,
The Lorelei

 
translated by Mark Twain       translated by L. W. Garnham
 
An ancient legend of the Rhine        
 
I cannot divine what it meaneth,   Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten,   I do not know what it signifies.
This haunting nameless pain:   daß ich so traurig bin;   That I am so sorrowful?
A tale of the bygone ages   ein Märchen aus alten Zeiten,   A fable of old Times so terrifies,
Keeps brooding through my brain:   das kommt mir nicht aus dem Sinn.   Leaves my heart so thoughtful.
 
The faint air cools in the gloaming,   Die Luft ist kühl und es dunkelt,   The air is cool and it darkens,
And peaceful flows the Rhine,   und ruhig fließt der Rhein;   And calmly flows the Rhine;
The thirsty summits are drinking   der Gipfel des Berges funkelt   The summit of the mountain hearkens
The sunset's flooding wine;   im Abendsonnenschein.   In evening sunshine line.
 
The loveliest maiden is sitting   Die schönste Jungfrau sitzet   The most beautiful Maiden entrances
High-throned in yon blue air,   dort oben wunderbar,   Above wonderfully there,
Her golden jewels are shining,   ihr goldnes Geschmeide blitzet,   Her beautiful golden attire glances,
She combs her golden hair;   sie kämmt ihr goldenes Haar.   She combs her golden hair.
 
She combs with comb that is golden,   Sie kämmt es mit goldenem Kamme,   With golden comb so lustrous,
And sings a weird refrain   und singt ein Lied dabei;   And thereby a song sings,
That steeps in a deadly enchantment   das hat eine wundersame,   It has a tone so wondrous,
The listener's ravished brain:   gewaltige Melodei.   That powerful melody rings.
 
The doomed in his drifting shallop,   Den Schiffer im kleinen Schiffe   The shipper in the little ship
Is tranced with the sad sweet tone,   ergreift es mit wildem Weh;   It effects with woe sad might;
He sees not the yawing breakers,   er schaut nicht die Felsenriffe,   He does not see the rocky slip,
He sees but the maid alone:   er schaut nur hinauf in die Höh.   He only regards dreaded height.
 
The pitiless billwos engulf him!-   Ich glaube, die Wellen verschlingen   I believe the turbulent waves
So perish sailor and bark;   am Ende Schiffer und Kahn;   Swallow the last shipper and boat;
And this, with her baleful singing,   und das hat mit ihrem Singen   She with her singing craves
Is the Lorelei's gruesome work.   die Lorelei getan.   All to visit her magic moat.
 
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)
  Author of this German poem is Heinrich
Heine (*1797-12-13 - †1856-02-17),
published 1823.

Aus dem Werk "Buch der Lieder", Kapitel
"Die Heimkehr", Abschnitt II.
Siehe auch ein http://gutenberg.spiegel.de
unter:
http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/?id=5&x
d=1131&kapitel=12&cHash=eb14eca2272#gb_found
.
Vidu ankaŭ: http://www.gedichte.vu/?die_lorelei.html.
La melodion verkis la komponisto Friedrich
Silcher. Vidu la retejon
http://www.lieder-archiv.de/die_lorelei-notenblatt_300493.html.
  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