Le brillant nénuphar ondule sur l'eau,de ci, de là !

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by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Im Wasser wogt die Lilie, die blanke,...

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Im Wasser wogt die Lilie, die blanke, hin und her!
Doch irrst du, Freund, sobald du sagst, sie schwanke hin und her!
Es wurzelt ja so fest ihr Fuß im tiefen Meeresgrund.
Ihr Haupt nur wiegt ein lieblicher Gedanke hin und her!

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Confirmed with Neue Ghaselen von August Graf von Platen, Erlangen: 'gedruckt mit Junge'schen Schriften', 1823, page 55.

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by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, appears in Neue Ghaselen [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Le brillant nénuphar ondule sur l'eau,de...

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Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Le brillant nénuphar ondule sur l'eau,de ci, de là !
Mais tu te trompes, ami, quand tu dis qu'il vacille de ci, de là !
Il enracine si fermement son pied au fond de l'eau.
Il berce seulement une chère pensée dans sa tête, de ci, de là !

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