The Palm and the Pine | In the far North stands a Pine-tree, lone

Translation by Sidney Lanier (1842 - 1881)

Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CHI DUT ENG ENG FRE HEB ITA

Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam
Im Norden auf kahler Höh';
Ihn schläfert; mit weißer Decke
Umhüllen ihn Eis und Schnee.

Er träumt von einer Palme,
Die fern im Morgenland,
Einsam und schweigend trauert
Auf brennender Felsenwand.

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• J. Marx

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 137.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 33 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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The Palm and the Pine

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In the far North stands a Pine-tree, lone,
Upon a wintry height;
It sleeps: around it snows have thrown
A covering of white.

It dreams forever of a Palm
That, far i' the Morning-land,
Stands silent in a most sad calm
Midst of the burning sand.

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• R. Stöhr

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by Sidney Lanier (1842 - 1881), "The Palm and the Pine" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 33
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