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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Es rauschet das Wasser

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE LIT SPA

Sie
 Es rauschet das Wasser
 Und bleibet nicht stehn;
 Gar lustig die Sterne
 Am Himmel hin gehn;
 Gar lustig die Wolken
 Am Himmel hin ziehn;
 So rauschet die Liebe
 Und fähret dahin.

Er
 Es rauschen die Wasser, 
 Die Wolken vergeh'n;
 Doch bleiben die Sterne, 
 Sie wandeln und steh'n.
 So auch mit der Liebe, 
 Der treuen, geschicht,
 Sie wegt sich, sie regt sich,
 Und ändert sich nicht.

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Jery und Bätely [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Word count: 71

The water rushes

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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She
 The water rushes 
 And will not stay still;
 The stars pass merrily 
 In the sky,
 The clouds advance 
 Merrily in the sky,
 And so Love rushes 
 And wanders there.

He
 The waters are rushing, 
 The clouds dissolving;
 Yet the stars remain: 
 They wander and hover.
 And so it happens as well with Love, 
 The true kind:
 It sways, it stirs,
 And does not change.

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Word count: 67