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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Die schlanke Wasserlilie

Language: German (Deutsch)

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  Die schlanke Wasserlilie
Schaut träumend empor aus dem See;
Da grüßt der Mond herunter
Mit lichtem Liebesweh.

  Verschämt senkt sie das Köpfchen
Wieder hinab zu den Welln --
Da sieht sie zu ihren Füßen
Den armen blassen Geselln.

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Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 244

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 15 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Quand l'élégante fleur de nénuphar

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Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Quand l'élégante fleur de nénuphar
Du lac lève ses yeux rêveurs,
L'astre de la nuit abaisse son regard sur elle
Avec un lumineux soupir d'amour.

Confuse, elle penche alors sa petite tête
De nouveau vers les vagues ;
Et là, elle voit à ses pieds
La pâle figure de son pauvre compagnon.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 15
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