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

Heinrich Heine,
The Lorelei

 

Heinrich Heine,
Lorelay

 

Heinrich Heine,
The Lorelei

 
translated by Mark Twain   translated by Hans-Georg Kaiser   translated by L. W. Garnham
 
An ancient legend of the Rhine        
 
I cannot divine what it meaneth,   Min kaptas malgaj' en la koro,   I do not know what it signifies.
This haunting nameless pain:   pro kio tia trist'?   That I am so sorrowful?
A tale of the bygone ages   Fabel' el antikva foro   A fable of old Times so terrifies,
Keeps brooding through my brain:   ne lasas de mi kun persist'.   Leaves my heart so thoughtful.
 
The faint air cools in the gloaming,   Aere fridetas, trankvilas,   The air is cool and it darkens,
And peaceful flows the Rhine,   malhelas jam la Rejn'.   And calmly flows the Rhine;
The thirsty summits are drinking   La monto surpinte brilas   The summit of the mountain hearkens
The sunset's flooding wine;   vespere en rava scen'.   In evening sunshine line.
 
The loveliest maiden is sitting   Tre ĉarma feino sidas,   The most beautiful Maiden entrances
High-throned in yon blue air,   jen supre por ador';   Above wonderfully there,
Her golden jewels are shining,   la ora ornamo ridas;   Her beautiful golden attire glances,
She combs her golden hair;   ŝi kombas harojn el or'.   She combs her golden hair.
 
She combs with comb that is golden,   Ŝi kombas per ora kombilo   With golden comb so lustrous,
And sings a weird refrain   kaj kantas kun pasi';   And thereby a song sings,
That steeps in a deadly enchantment   mirigas min la elbrilo   It has a tone so wondrous,
The listener's ravished brain:   kaj forto de l' melodi'.   That powerful melody rings.
 
The doomed in his drifting shallop,   Ŝipisto ŝipeton gvidas,   The shipper in the little ship
Is tranced with the sad sweet tone,   lin kaptas ve' de ekzalt'.   It effects with woe sad might;
He sees not the yawing breakers,   Li ja la rifojn ne vidas',   He does not see the rocky slip,
He sees but the maid alone:   li vidas nur supren sen halt'.   He only regards dreaded height.
 
The pitiless billwos engulf him!-   Mi kredas, ke ondoj tiras   I believe the turbulent waves
So perish sailor and bark;   la ŝipon funden de l' Rejn';   Swallow the last shipper and boat;
And this, with her baleful singing,   kaj tio de l' kant' eliras   She with her singing craves
Is the Lorelei's gruesome work.   de Lorelaj-siren'.   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)
  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 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