I travelled through the Alps

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by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Bin durch die Alpen gezogen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Bin durch die Alpen gezogen, 
Wo die Lawine rollt, 
Sah, wie in Meereswogen 
Tauchte der Sonne Gold. 
Aber freudig ich tauschte 
Alpen und Meeresstrand 
Für das Tannen-durchrauschte 
Nordische Heimatland.

Schlösser sah ich und Thürme, 
Schimmernd und marmorweiss;
Dunkeler Pinien Schirme 
Wiegten im Wind sich leis, 
Aber schöner und besser --
Lacht mich immerhin aus -- 
Als die Marmorschlösser 
Dünkt mich mein Vaterhaus.

Mägdlein durfte ich kosen, 
Schlank und liliengleich, 
Frauen wie volle Rosen, 
Üppig und anmuthreich; 
Lilie aber und Rose
Werden von der besiegt,
Die mich als Knaben im Schose
In den Schlaf gewiegt.

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Confirmed with Rudolf Baumbach, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Leipzig: Verlag von A. G. Liebeskind, 1882, pages 84-85.

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by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905), "Heim", appears in Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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I travelled through the Alps

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I travelled through the Alps
Where the avalanches roll;
I saw how the gold of the sun
Descended into the ocean waves.
But gladly would I exchange
The Alps and ocean shore
For the land suffused with soughing of pines,
My Nordic homeland.

I saw castles and turrets,
Shimmering and marble-white;
Dark pine canopies
Swayed quietly in the wind,
But more beautiful and better --
Laugh at me if you please --
Than the marble castles
Is my parental home.

I exchanged caresses with maidens
Slender and lily-like,
With women like full-blown roses,
Voluptuous and full of charms;
But the lily and the rose
Are trumped by her 
Who, when I was lad,
Rocked me to sleep in her lap.

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Translations of title(s):
"Bin durch die Alpen gezogen" = "I travelled through the Alps"
"Heim" = "Home"

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