Sein Leichenhemd weiß wie Schnee zu sehn

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845)

White his shroud as the mountain snow

Language: English

White his shroud as the mountain snow,
[Larded]¹ with sweet [flowers]²;
Which bewept to the [grave did go]³
With true-love [showers]⁴.

These words are sung by Ophelia in Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 5, but they are probably not by Shakespeare.

¹ Castelnuovo-Tedesco: "Larded all"
² White: "flow'rs"
³ Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Grill: "ground did not go"
⁴ White: "show'rs"

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FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
GER German (Deutsch) (Karl Joseph Simrock) (Ludwig Wilhelm Friedrich Seeger)
POL Polish (Polski) (Krystyn Ostrowski)

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-07-24
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[No title]

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Our translations: FRE ITA

Sein Leichenhemd weiß wie Schnee zu sehn,
Geziert mit Blumensegen,
Das still betränt zum Grab mußt gehn
Von Liebesregen.

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-26
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Word count: 19