Hörst du nicht die Bäume rauschen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA
Hörst du nicht die Bäume rauschen
Draußen durch die stille Rund?
Lockts dich nicht, hinabzulauschen
Von dem Söller in den Grund,
Wo die vielen Bäche gehen
Wunderbar im Mondenschein
Und die stillen Schlösser sehen
In den Fluß vom hohen Stein?
Kennst du noch die irren Lieder
Aus der alten, schönen Zeit?
Sie erwachen alle wieder
Nachts in Waldeseinsamkeit,
Wenn die Bäume träumend lauschen
Und der Flieder duftet schwül
Und im Fluß die Nixen rauschen -
Komm herab, hier ist's so kühl.
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Word count: 83
Can't you hear the forest rustle
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Can't you hear the forest rustle
outside through the quiet round?
Aren't you tempted to listen
down from the balcony to the ground
where the many brooks flow
wondrously in moonlight -
and the silent castles look
into the river from the high rock?
Do you remember the mad songs
from former, beautiful times?
They all awake again at night,
in the loneliness of the forest,
when the dreaming trees are listening
and the lilac has a sultry scent
and in the river the mermaids murmur:
come down, here it is so cool.
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Translations of titles:
"Gesang der Wasserfrauen" = "Song of the Mermaids"
"Hörst du nicht die Bäume rauschen" = "Can't you hear the forest rustle"
"Lockung" = "Temptation"
"Nachtgesang" = "Night Song"
"Schwüle Nächte" = "Sultry Nights"
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Line count: 16
Word count: 95
