An dem Ufer sitz ich da!
Language: German (Deutsch)
An dem Ufer sitz ich da!
Wellen, wie ihr eilet!
Ach, ihr kommt dem Ort so nah,
Wo mein Mädchen weilet.
Dort blickt sie in euch hinein,
Wellen, nehmet Flügel,
Lasset keine andre seyn
Meiner Liebsten Spiegel.
Rosen sucht das süße Kind
Sich zur Busenschleife,
Rose, Rose, komm geschwind,
Daß sie dich ergreife.
Und daß meiner Königin
Kein Geschmeide fehle,
Sende, Sehnsucht, Perlen hin,
Perlen aus der Seele.
Aber fischt sie euch im Scherz,
Händchen weiß als Hamen,
Und sie steckt euch an ihr Herz,
Sagt ihr meinen Namen.
Sagt ihr, daß ich fern von ihr
Nicht mehr weiß zu bleiben,
Und ein Schiff mich selbst von hier
Bald zu ihr wird treiben.
J. Lang sets stanzas 1-3, 6
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Confirmed with P.C., Ernst Friedrich Georg Otto's von der Malsburg Poetischer Nachlaß und Umrisse aus seinem innern Leben, Cassel: In Commission bei J.J. Bohné, 1825, pages 124-125.
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I sit there at the shore
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
I sit there at the shore,
Waves, how you hurry!
Ah, you will so closely approach the place
Where my maiden lives.
There she gazes into you.
Waves, take wing;
Do not let other waves
Be a mirror for my beloved.
The dear child is searching for roses
To use as a bow on her bosom.
Rose, oh rose, come quickly
So that she may seize you.
And that my queen
May lack nothing in the way of ornaments,
Send, Longing, pearls to her,
Pearls from out the soul.
But if she fishes you up in jest,
Using her white hands as a net,
And she pins you to her heart,
Tell her my name.
Tell her that I can no longer
Linger far from her,
And that a ship shall soon
Carry me toward her.
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Translations of titles
"Wasser" = "Water"
"Lied" = "Song"
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Word count: 138
