Du schönes Fischermädchen,
Treibe den Kahn an's Land;
Komm zu [mir und setze]1 dich nieder,
Wir kosen Hand in Hand.

Leg' an mein Herz dein Köpfchen,
Und fürchte dich nicht [zu]2 sehr,
[Vertrau'st du dich]3 doch [sorglos]4
Täglich dem wilden Meer.

Mein Herz gleicht ganz dem Meere,
Hat Sturm und Ebb' und Fluth,
Und manche schöne Perle
In seiner Tiefe ruht.5

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Confirmed with Buch der Lieder von H. Heine. Hamburg bei Hoffmann und Campe. 1827, page 186; and with Reisebilder von H. Heine. Erster Theil. Hamburg, bey Hoffmann und Campe. 1826, page 12.

First published as number XII of Drei und dreißig Gedichte von H. Heine in Der Gesellschafter oder Blätter für Geist und Herz. Herausgegeben von F. W. Gubitz. Achter Jahrgang. Berlin, 1824. In der Maurerschen Buchhandlung. Sonnabend den 27. März. 50stes Blatt, page 246.

¹ Meyerbeer: "mir, setz"
² André, Dresel: "so"
³ Dresel: "Trauest du"
⁴ Mendel: "täglich"
⁵ Meyerbeer adds:

Komm! Komm!
Du schönes Fischermädchen, komm, komm,
Wir kosen Hand in Hand.
Komm! Komm! Komm!

Text Authorship:

• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, written 1824, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 8, first published 1824

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La jove pescadora", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het vissersmeisje", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "You beautiful fishermaiden", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
• ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) [singable] (Émile Deschamps)
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Toi, jolie fille du pêcheur", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La pescatrice", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "어부 아가씨", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , "Rybaczko piękna, miła", appears in Pieśni Heinego, in Powrót, no. 8, first published 1880
• POL Polish (Polski) (Stanisław Budziński) , no title, first published 1886
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

 Красавица-рыбачка,
 Причаль свою ладью,
 Пойди и сядь со мною,
 Дай руку мне свою.

 Доверчиво головкой
 На грудь склонись ко мне;
 Ведь ты ж себя вверяешь
 Беспечно глубине.

 С приливом и отливом,
 Что море, грудь моя,
 И много чудных перлов
 Во глубине ея.