You teardrops, rain down upon

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Meiner schlafenden Zuleima

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Meiner schlafenden Zuleima
Rinnt aufs Herz, ihr Thränentropfen;
Dann wird ja das süße Herzchen
Sehnsuchtvoll nach Abdul klopfen.

  Meiner schlafenden Zuleima
Spielt ums Ohr, ihr Seufzer trübe;
Dann träumt ja das blonde Köpfchen
Heimlich süß von Abduls Liebe.

  Meiner schlafenden Zuleima
Ström aufs Händchen, Herzblutquelle;
Dann trägt ja ihr süßes Händchen,
Abduls Herzblut rot und helle.

  Ach! der Schmerz ist stumm geboren,
Ohne Zunge in dem Munde,
Hat nur Thränen, hat nur Seufzer,
Und nur Blut aus Herzenswunde.

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Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Ständchen eines Mauren", appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1812-1827, no. 57 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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You teardrops, rain down upon

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  You teardrops, rain down upon 
The heart of my sleeping Zuleima;
For then the sweet little heart
Shall throb yearningly for Abdul.

  You dreary sighs, play about
The ear of my sleeping Zuleima;
Then the little blonde head shall 
Secretly, sweetly dream of Abdul’s love.

  Stream, wellspring of my heart’s blood,
Upon the little hand of my sleeping Zuleima;
Then the sweet little hand shall bear
Abdul’s heart’s blood red and bright.

  Ah! pain is born mute,
Without a tongue in its mouth,
It has only tears, has only sighs,
And only blood from the wound of the heart.

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Translations of title(s):
"Ständchen eines Mauren" = "Serenade of a Moor"
"Zuleima" = "Zuleima"
"Meiner schlafenden Zuleima" = "To my sleeping Zuleima"
"Mauren-Ständchen" = "Moorish serenade"

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