The lake is at rest deep in a blue dream

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by Julius Mosen (1803 - 1867)

Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard

Der träumende see

(Sung text for setting by A. Wallnöfer)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE POR SPA

Der See ruht tief im blauem Traum
Von Wasserblumen zugedeckt;
Ihr Vöglein hoch im Fichtenbaum,
Daß ihr nun nicht den Schläfer weckt!

Doch leise weht das Schilf und wiegt 
Das Haupt mit leichtem Sinn;
Ein blauer Falter aber fliegt
Darüber einsam hin!

Composition:

Adolf Wallnöfer

Text Authorship:

by Julius Mosen (1803 - 1867), "Der träumende See"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het dromende meer", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "O lago sonhador", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Daniel Faure) , "El lago soñador", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-06-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 47

The lake is at rest deep in a blue dream

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Wallnöfer)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The lake is at rest deep in a blue dream
covered by water lilies;
You, little bird high in the spruce tree,
Don't wake the sleeper!

But the reeds quietly blow and balance 
Their tops with easy sense;
But a blue moth flies
Over them, alone, towards them.

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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 51