Heinrich Heine - Die Lore-Ley (English translation #5)

Heinrich Heine – Die Lore-Ley

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The Lore-Ley

I'm unsure of what is the reason

I feel so deeply sad;

A saga from times of olden

I cannot get out of my head.

The air is cool and night's falling

and calmly streams the Rhine;

The mountain peak is gleaming

in the gloam of the eventide.

A dazzling maiden is sitting

up high there, charming and fair,

Her golden jewels are glistening,

she's grooming her golden hair.

With a golden comb she's combing

and sings a song all the while

that has an awe-inspiring

and haunting melodie.

The skipper in his little vessel

is stricken by wildest grief;

He sees not the rocks in river,

he only looks up to the peak.

I think that the waters are drowning

in the end both skipper and barque;

And that has done with her singing

the Lore-Ley on the crag.

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This is a poetic translation - deviations from the meaning of the original are present (extra words, extra or omitted information, substituted concepts).

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Rosalin Blue on 2020-05-07

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Die Lore-Ley

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