by
Arno Holz (1863 - 1929)
Auf einem vergoldeten Blumenschiff
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Auf einem vergoldeten Blumenschiff
mit Ebenholzmasten und Purpursegeln
schwimmen wir ins offne Meer.
Hinter uns,
zwischen Wasserrosen,
schaukelt der Mond.
Tausend bunte Papierlaternen schillern an seidnen Fäden,
In runden Schalen kreist der Wein.
Die Lauten klingen.
Aus fernem Süd
taucht blühend eine Insel ...
Die Insel -- der Vergessenheit!
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Chris D. Godwin) , "On a gilded flowership", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sur un vaisseau de fleurs nimbé d'or", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 48
Sur un vaisseau de fleurs nimbé d'or
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch)
Sur un vaisseau de fleurs nimbé d'or
Avec des mâts d'ébène et des voiles de pourpre
Nous nageons sur la haute mer.
Derrière nous,
Entre les nymphéas,
La lune se balance.
Mille lanternes de papier multicolore miroitent au bout de fils de soie.
Dans des coupes rondes, le vin tourbillonne.
Les luths résonnent.
Du lointain sud
Une île fleurie émerge . . .
L'île -- de l'oubli.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Arno Holz (1863 - 1929), "Auf einem vergoldeten Blumenschiff", appears in Phantasus
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 66